ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,550, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to DURASTAT LLC (Austin, Texas).
"Suturing device" was invented by Kevin Foley (Germantown, Tenn.), Adam Azzara (Austin, Texas) and Jens Johnson (Austin, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suturing device is provided including a cannula, a needle pusher, a plunger, a spring, a shuttle, a button and a tether. The cannula includes a needle compartment defining a needle passage terminating in a distal opening. The needle pusher is provided in the cannula. Movement of the plunger from the extended position toward the depressed position compresses the spring. The spring exerts a biasing force on th...