ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,576, issued on May 27, was assigned to Conmed Corp. (Utica, N.Y.).
"Quickdraw knot pusher: side loading knot pusher" was invented by Thien Vu (Pinellas Park, Fla.) and Ryo Isshiki (Largo, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A knot pusher for quickly loading suture without needing to thread a distal end. The knot pusher includes an actuator housing having an actuator moveable between an open position and a closed position and an elongated tube extending from the actuator housing. The knot pusher includes at least two slots, a gate slot extending through the elongated tube and a suture loading slot extending through the elongated tube ...