US Patent Issued to Passer Stitch on May 5 for "Multi-function systems, apparatus and methods for approximating, ligating and fixating soft tissue" (California, Nevada, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,463, issued on May 5, was assigned to Passer Stitch LLC (Henderson, Nev.).

"Multi-function systems, apparatus and methods for approximating, ligating and fixating soft tissue" was invented by Scott Heneveld (Whitmore, Calif.), John Valadez (Agua Dulce, Calif.), Christopher Morris (Santa Clarita, Calif.), Justin Anderson (Henderson, Nev.), Brad Topper (Santa Clarita, Calif.) and Jeffrey Sonntag (South Bend, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for passing suture into and through soft tissue that includes a multi-function jaw mechanism, and a needle adapted to engage a suture and pierce into the soft tissue. The multi-function ja...