US Patent Issued to Surgimatix on May 5 for "Method of suturing a prosthetic to human tissue" (Illinois, California, South Dakota, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,461, issued on May 5, was assigned to Surgimatix Inc. (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Method of suturing a prosthetic to human tissue" was invented by Jafar Hasan (Oak Brook, Ill.), Michael J. Shoup (Anoka, Minn.), David Schaller (Chicago), Jane Kiernan (Chicago), Karen Noblett (Orange, Calif.), Daniel Capua (Orland Park, Ill.) and Adam Saban (Sioux Falls, S.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of side-suturing a prosthetic to human tissue is disclosed. The method includes accessing a surgical site on a body portion of a patient; identifying the human tissue within the surgical site; endomechanically positioning the prosthetic adjacent the ...