ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,873, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to LSI Solutions Inc. (Victor, N.Y.).

"Suture security device for minimally invasive surgical suturing" was invented by Jude S. Sauer (Pittsford, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suture security device is disclosed. The suture security device also includes a latch, a plate, and an actuator coupled to the latch and operable to move the latch away from the plate. The suture security device may also include a first latch array, a second latch array, a plurality of plates, a first actuator coupled to the first latch array and operable to move the first latch array away from the plurality of plate...