US Patent Issued to Dr. Stan M. Valnicek on July 1 for "Surgical suture adapted for enhanced visibility" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,006, issued on July 1, was assigned to Dr. Stan M. Valnicek Inc. (Kelowna, Canada).

"Surgical suture adapted for enhanced visibility" was invented by Stanley Michael Karl Valnicek (Kelowna, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical suture having enhanced visual characteristics is provided. The suture has a suture filament operatively coupled to a suture needle. The suture filament includes a useful segment and a terminal segment. The terminal segment is located at a first end of the filament. The useful segment extends substantially from the terminal segment to a second end of the filament. The terminal segment is of a length o...