US Patent Issued to EGAN DESIGN on Feb. 3 for "Electrically weldable suture material, and apparatus and method for forming welded suture loops and other welded structures" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,114, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to EGAN DESIGN LLC (Marblehead, Mass.).

"Electrically weldable suture material, and apparatus and method for forming welded suture loops and other welded structures" was invented by Thomas D. Egan (Marblehead, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for forming a weld between a first portion of a biocompatible conductive thermoplastic material and a second portion of a biocompatible conductive thermoplastic material comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, and a structure for holding said first and second electrodes in opposition to one other with a space therebetween for receiving...