ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,070, issued on April 7, was assigned to Suturion AB (Ramlosa, Sweden).
"Suturing device with improved needle transferring mechanism" was invented by Gabriel Borner (Ramlosa, Sweden) and Hans Bengtsson (Eslov, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A one-handed automatic suturing device with a needle-transfer of a double-ended needle includes a first and a second jaw element that are movable in relation to each other between an open position and a closed position. The first jaw element has an alternating mechanism for alternating, each time the jaw elements are moved to the closed position, between: a retaining position, wherein the al...