US Patent Issued to TAS Medical on April 7 for "Medical systems, devices and methods adapted for tissue fixation and approximating tissue defects" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,068, issued on April 7, was assigned to TAS Medical Inc. (San Carlos, Calif.).

"Medical systems, devices and methods adapted for tissue fixation and approximating tissue defects" was invented by Albert K. Chin (San Carlos, Calif.), Thomas A. Kramer (San Carlos, Calif.), Gannon Borchers (San Francisco) and Peter Bugos (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device for approximating and securing tissue without requiring knots includes a lock-head, a strap section, distal protuberance, and a leader section. The device also includes a transition section between the leader and the strap section and a stiffening sect...