ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,096, issued on March 18, was assigned to LSI Solutions Inc. (Victor, N.Y.).
"Loader for surgical suturing" was invented by Jude S. Sauer (Pittsford, N.Y.) and Angelo John Martellaro (Victor, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A loader for a surgical suturing instrument is disclosed. The loader has a head having a protrusion configured to be releasably held by a tissue bite area of a surgical suturing instrument. The loader also has a tube interface. The loader further has one or more ferrule holders. The loader also has one or more ferrules, each corresponding to and held by one of the one or more ferrule holders and coupled to a s...