US Patent Issued to Composite Surgical on June 24 for "Steerable suture retriever" (Florida, California, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,703, issued on June 24, was assigned to Composite Surgical LLC (Coral Gables, Fla.).

"Steerable suture retriever" was invented by Charles Rice Bourland III (Coral Gables, Fla.), John James Valadez (Agua Dulce, Calif.), Sumant Gopal Krishnan (Dallas), Joshua Silver Redstone (Dallas) and Brad Topper (Santa Clarita, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A positioning and retrieval device manipulated by carrying element coupled to a handle and driven by an actuator that allows for axial movement and rotational movement of a capturing portion on the carrying element."

The patent was filed on June 18, 2021, under Application No. 17/351,80...