ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,578, issued on May 27, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Endoscopic suture loop anchors and methods" was invented by John Mims (Austin, Texas), Charles Dean (Austin, Texas), Nicole Pinto (Austin, Texas), Mitchell Gilkey (Austin, Texas), Vladimir Mitelberg (Austin, Texas) and Donald K. Jones (Dripping Springs, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suture needle system includes a first needle and at least one second needle. Each of the first and second needles preferably has a common needle body construct. The first needle includes an elongate suture having a length sufficient to extend at least the ...