US Patent Issued to Vasorum on Sept. 15 for "Wound closure and tissue coupling systems and methods" (Irish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,733,919, issued on Sept. 15, 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 (Co. 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. The surgical assembly includes an actuator assembly having an elongate shaft including an outer shaft and an inner shaft concentrically disposed within the outer shaft to define a fluid flow path therebetween, and a deployable coupler coupled ...