US Patent Issued on May 20 for "Methods, systems and devices for storing suture needles and using robotics for delivering selected suture needles to surgical sites" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,125, issued on May 20.

"Methods, systems and devices for storing suture needles and using robotics for delivering selected suture needles to surgical sites" was invented by Christophe Vailhe (Hillsborough, N.J.) and Doug Souls (Andover, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical method includes arranging a plurality of suture needle containers in a surgical environment, whereby at least one of the suture needle containers includes a receptacle having a proximal end with an opening and a distal end that is closed by an end wall, a suture needle disposed within the receptacle, and a cover sealing the opening at the proximal end of ...