US Patent Issued to TELEFLEX MEDICAL on Aug. 11 for "Surgical clip" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,423, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to TELEFLEX MEDICAL LLC (Morrisville, N.C.).

"Surgical clip" was invented by David Lee Foshee (Apex, N.C.) and Michael Dell Ramsey (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical clip may include: a first leg member having an inner surface, an outer surface, and first and second side surfaces, the inner surface of the first leg member having a concave curvature; a second leg member having an inner surface, an outer surface, and first and second side surfaces, the inner surface of the second leg member having a convex curvature; at least one first tooth extending from a first lateral side ...