US Patent Issued to TTP on July 21 for "Suturing tool and grasping tool" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,526, issued on July 21, was assigned to TTP PLC (Royston, Great Britain).

"Suturing tool and grasping tool" was invented by Adrian Woodward (Royston, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suturing tool for an endoscope or a laparoscope, the tool comprising: a symmetric suturing needle comprising a point at each end of the needle; and a pair of jaws for suturing a target object between the jaws, each jaw comprising a needle holder for holding the suturing needle, the pair of jaws being configured to move between an open jaw position and a closed jaw position, wherein each needle holder comprises a moveable locking element con...