US Patent Issued to Gyrus ACMI on Jan. 27 for "Suturing apparatus and method" (Massachusetts, California, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,122, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Gyrus ACMI Inc. (Westborough, Mass.).

"Suturing apparatus and method" was invented by Adam Smith (San Francisco), Clifton A. Alferness (Westborough, Mass.), Gina M. Muia-Longman (Seattle), David R. Seward (Seattle), Chenhao Fu (Renton, Wash.), Ilia Timonin (Seattle), Blake Stancik (Mukilteo, Wash.), Amanda Kay Woodcock (Seattle), David A. Desmarais (Seattle), Donald C. Baumgarten (Seattle), Paul T. Hinrichs (Seattle) and Thomas H. Ruscher (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed embodiments include apparatuses, systems, and methods for driving a needle to facilitate suturing, such as m...