US Patent Issued to TELEFLEX LIFE SCIENCES on Oct. 27 for "Ligation clip" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,216, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to TELEFLEX LIFE SCIENCES LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Ligation clip" was invented by Celso Bagaoisan (Union City, Calif.), Suresh Pai (Mountain View, Calif.), James Dreher (Los Angeles) and Kirk Tamaddon (Calabasas, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical ligation clip and method of operation are described and include a top jaw member and bottom jaw member joined at a hinge section for movement about the hinge section. The hinge section can be offset or space laterally from one or both of the jaw members. Teeth arrangements and distributions are also described, as well as closing and jaw end...