US Patent Issued to Vasorum on Aug. 18 for "Wound closure and tissue coupling systems and methods" (Irish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,355, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Vasorum Ltd. (Dublin).

"Wound closure and tissue coupling systems and methods" was invented by James E. Coleman (Dublin) and John P. Healy (County Meath, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Surgical assemblies and related methods are provided for using an actuator to deploy an coupler configured to close a tissue puncture or natural opening in the body, or to create an anastomosis. The surgical method includes deploying first and second anastomotic couplers within a patient to create anastomoses in the body to aid in the treatment of various ailments. The first coupler is deployed to fluidly...