US Patent Issued to Integrity Medical Services on Oct. 7 for "Suture passer devices, systems, and methods" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,583, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Integrity Medical Services Inc. (Yorba Linda, Calif.).

"Suture passer devices, systems, and methods" was invented by Nirav H. Amin (Yorba Linda, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suture passer for passing a suture across a tissue. The suture passer can include an upper jaw member and a lower jaw member extending from an elongate member. The lower jaw member can have a curved portion that offsets a straight portion of the lower jaw member from the central axis of the elongate member. The lower jaw member can house a needle that can be deployed across a tissue to pass a suture across."

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