ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,712, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Endomatic Ltd. (Or Yehuda, Israel).
"Suturing clip" was invented by Dvir Keren (Tel Aviv, Israel), Boaz Schwarz (Tel-Aviv, Israel) and Shimrit Markovitz (Tel Aviv, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Suturing clips which may be guided to a heart by a trans-vascular/trans-septal approach, and yet operate to close the left atrial appendage (LAA) from a position located entirely within the LAA are described. Arms of suturing clips constructed of a superelastic alloy are expanded from a catheter delivery system, anchored within the LAA and/or ostium of the LAA, and then collapsed again to a sutur...