ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,154, issued on July 14, was assigned to T.A.G. Medical Products Corporation Ltd. (Kibbutz Gaaton, Israel).
"Surgical cutting device" was invented by Shai Nachmias (Nahariya, Israel), Ran Weisman (Kfar-Vradim, Israel) and Aryeh Mirochinik (Akko, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for suture thread cutting, containing: an external tube having a slot with a distal first edge; an internal cutter having an opening with a second edge, the wherein the slot and opening together form a pathway which guides the suture thread; wherein the internal cutter is positioned and is fitted inside the external tube; wherein the external tube...