US Patent Issued to Conmed on July 29 for "Cannulated tissue needle with suture grasping mechanism" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,907, issued on July 29, was assigned to Conmed Corp. (Utica, N.Y.).

"Cannulated tissue needle with suture grasping mechanism" was invented by Grady Breslich (St. Petersburg, Fla.) and Peter Miller (Largo, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suture passer for use in arthroscopic soft tissue repair procedures. The suture passer includes a cannulated needle having a distal tip. A post is slidable within the cannulated needle. A snare is slidable within the cannulated needle between an extended position and a retracted position. In the extended position, the snare extends from the distal tip of the cannulated needle and in the retracte...