US Patent Issued to Osheru on Aug. 5 for "Wound creation for excess skin removal and closure systems and methods" (Oregon, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,852, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Osheru Inc. (Bend, Ore.).

"Wound creation for excess skin removal and closure systems and methods" was invented by Patricia Buehler (Bend, Ore.), Brian Bowman (Carlsbad, Calif.), Daivon Deans (El Cajon, Calif.), Benjamin Arnold (San Diego) and Knute Buehler (Bend, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Excess skin removal and wound closure devices, such as blepharoplasty devices and methods, are provided. An exemplary device for excising excess skin (e.g. eyelid skin) and creating wound closure includes a base, a lever mechanism coupled with the base via a lever pivot, a locking mechanism, an elonga...