US Patent Issued to Mellon Medical on March 25 for "Needle-suture combination, needle holder and surgical suture apparatus" (Dutch Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,924, issued on March 25, was assigned to Mellon Medical B.V. (The Hague, Netherlands).

"Needle-suture combination, needle holder and surgical suture apparatus" was invented by Mark-Paul Franciscus Maria Vrancken Peeters (The Hague, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A needle-suture combination includes a needle having a first needle end and a second needle end opposite to the first needle end, and a suture connected to the needle between the first needle end and the second needle end. Each of the first needle end and the second needle end includes a needle point and a locking groove to receive a locking element of a needle h...