US Patent Issued to LSI Solutions on July 8 for "Suturing device state indicator" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,898, issued on July 8, was assigned to LSI Solutions Inc. (Victor, N.Y.).

"Suturing device state indicator" was invented by Jude S. Sauer (Pittsford, N.Y.) and Matthew R. Wrona (Fairport, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suturing device for minimally invasive surgery includes a state indicator coupled to a portion of a needle. When the needle displaces between a first needle position and a second needle position along a needle axis in a first actuation cycle, the needle rotates about the needle axis from a first rotational position to a second rotational position such that the state indicator transitions from a first visual indic...