US Patent Issued to PARCUS MEDICAL on Sept. 23 for "Surgical tool and method of use" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,630, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to PARCUS MEDICAL LLC (Sarasota, Fla.).

"Surgical tool and method of use" was invented by Mark D. Brunsvold (Sarasota, Fla.) and Bart Bracy (Orlando, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical tool incorporates a suture guide with an 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 hand."

The patent was filed on N...