ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,894, issued on Dec. 2.
"Integrated closure device" was invented by Robert Lee Bromley (El Paso, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel integrated wound closure device for laparoscopy having an elongated body with a distal end and proximal end able to-use suture for closing surgical port wounds comprising a single sequential proximal activation means able to operate multiple internal systems sequentially such as: a distal anchoring system, a self-contained tissue piercing system, a suture staging means to position suture suitable for capture at a target zone, and a suture capturing system to capture and retract suture into said p...