US Patent Issued to Abbott Cardiovascular Systems on Sept. 23 for "Needle harvesting devices, systems and methods" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,636, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Needle harvesting devices, systems and methods" was invented by Laveille Kao Voss (Belmont, Calif.), Stephanie Henze (San Mateo, Calif.), Kristopher M. Konawalik (San Francisco), Leah M. Davis (San Francisco) and Wouter E. Roorda (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of removing needles operatively associated with suture through tissue surrounding an access tract, the method comprising advancing an elongate distal member along the access tract, locating an elongate proximal member in contact with tissue surroundin...