US Patent Issued to LSI Solutions on April 8 for "Surgical port for stay sutures and system and method thereof" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,415, issued on April 8, was assigned to LSI Solutions Inc. (Victor, N.Y.).

"Surgical port for stay sutures and system and method thereof" was invented by Jude S. Sauer (Pittsford, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical port is disclosed. The surgical port has a cannular channel. The surgical port also has one or more suture slots in communication with the cannular channel. The surgical port further has a pair of cam grips for each of the one or more suture slots, each pair of cam grips comprising opposing gripping arms configured to allow suture to be pulled through the opposing gripping arms in a direction away from the cann...