US Patent Issued on Feb. 18 for "Tissue repair and sealing devices having a detachable graft and clasp assembly and methods for the use thereof" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,086, issued on Feb. 18.

"Tissue repair and sealing devices having a detachable graft and clasp assembly and methods for the use thereof" was invented by Marc Robert Mayberg (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are tissue repair and sealing devices, and methods for the use of tissue repair and sealing devices, for use in both minimally invasive surgical (MIS) procedures and open, non-MIS procedures to rapidly repair tissue fenestrations and create a pressure-resistant, watertight seal in a tissue barrier. Tissue repair and sealing devices disclosed herein comprise an integrated graft and deployable clasp assembly and an ap...