ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,097, issued on March 18, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences AG (Nyon, Switzerland).
"Multiple-firing suture fixation device and methods for using and manufacturing same" was invented by Derek Dee Deville (Coral Gables, Fla.), Kevin W. Smith (Coral Gables, Fla.), Michael Walter Kirk (Miami), Carlos Rivera (Cooper City, Fla.), George Nunez (Miami), Thomas O. Bales Jr. (Miami), Korey Kline (Miami), Matthew A. Palmer (Miami), M. Sean McBrayer (Miami), Richard George Cartledge (Boca Raton, Fla.), Max Pierre Mendez (Miami), Kevin K. Dang (Garden Grove, Calif.), Bryan A. Janish (Huntington Beach, Calif.) and Manouchehr A. Miraki (Laguna Hills, Calif.).
According to the abstract* rele...