US Patent Issued to TELEFLEX MEDICAL on June 30 for "Surgical ligation clip" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,367, issued on June 30, was assigned to TELEFLEX MEDICAL LLC (Morrisville, N.C.).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical clip may be configured to ligate tissue. The surgical clip may include first and second leg members. The first leg member may have a proximal portion, a distal portion, a convex first inner surface, and a convex first outer surface. The first leg member may also include an inner portion at least partially defining the first inner surface and an outer portion at least partially defining the first outer su...