ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,844, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Suture based closure device" was invented by Christopher R. Deuel (Melrose, Mass.), Kevin L. Bagley (Natick, Mass.) and Stan Robert Gilbert (Litchfield, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device includes a mounting structure that is adapted to be secured to a distal end of an endoscope. A first suture arm is pivotably secured to the mounting structure and is adapted to releasably secure a needle that is adapted to puncture tissue while accommodating a suture. A second suture arm is pivotably secured to the mounting structure and is a...