US Patent Issued to Coloplast on July 15 for "Method of preparing a suture fixation device for use in surgery to treat pelvic organ prolapse" (Minnesota, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,297, issued on July 15, was assigned to Coloplast A/S (Humlebaek, Denmark).

"Method of preparing a suture fixation device for use in surgery to treat pelvic organ prolapse" was invented by John J. Allen (Mendota Heights, Minn.), John Clegg (Minneapolis), William Hartsig (Hudson, Wis.), Peter Meinz (Minneapolis), Mark A. Moschel (New Hope, Minn.), Sarah J. Schuchardt (Minneapolis) and Neal Poucher (North Oaks, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of preparing a suture fixation device for use in surgery to treat pelvic organ prolapse includes providing a delivery device and a tissue fixation device. The tissue fixation device ...