US Patent Issued to Teleflex Life Sciences on July 14 for "Vascular closure device with retraction assembly for repositioning a footplate" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,151, issued on July 14, was assigned to Teleflex Life Sciences LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Vascular closure device with retraction assembly for repositioning a footplate" was invented by Joshua Brenizer (Oak Grove, Minn.), Darren Prom (Coon Rapids, Minn.), Christopher E. Buller (Toronto) and Nicholas Mark Donnay (Plymouth, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vascular closure device is configured to seal a puncture in an artery or vein. The vascular closure device includes a deployment assembly having a proximal end and a distal end opposite the proximal end, a suture carried by the deployment assembly, and a footplate carried by the ...