US Patent Issued to PARCUS MEDICAL on April 15 for "Suture tool and method of use" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,436, issued on April 15, was assigned to PARCUS MEDICAL LLC (Sarasota, Fla.).

"Suture tool and method of use" was invented by Barton Bracy (Orlando, Fla.), Mark D Brunsvold (Sarasota, Fla.) and Joel M. Harshbarger (Palmetto, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical tool incorporates a suture guide and anchor driver supporting an anchor where the anchor is maintained at a distance from the suture guide until release of a detent mechanism. Thereafter, the anchor is allowed to move into proximity to the suture guide, fixing a suture supported by the suture guide to a substrate, the entire procedure being achievable with a single ha...