ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,632, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Medline Industries LP (Springfield, Ill.).

"Method and system for harvesting biological tissue" was invented by Marvin A. Guiles (Stow, Mass.), Denis Labombard (Georgetown, Mass.), Charles Sidoti (Plymouth, Mass.), Philip S. Levin (Storrs, Conn.), Thomas Swyst (Arlington, Mass.) and Sameer Sabir (Arlington, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, the dual bevel needle can include a hollow tube having a proximal end, a distal end, a first lateral side, and a second lateral side opposite the first lateral side; a first needle point at the distal end of the hollow tube; a second point at...