ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,256, issued on May 6.
"Suture cutter device and method of use" was invented by Lonnie J. Ginn (Colleyville, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suture cutter device for alleviating the number of instrument exchanges during a closing routine of a surgical procedure is disclosed. The suture cutter device comprises of a top segment and a bottom segment. The top segment includes front and rear panels, a plurality of knife blade supports, and a plurality of attachment pin holes. The bottom segment includes a plurality of alignment pins. During use, a knife blade is secured between the plurality of knife blade supports, and the fixed hi...