ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,473, issued on July 22, was assigned to SHARP FLUIDICS INC. (Hayward, Calif.).
"Fixation device delivery system" was invented by Ronan Keating (Dublin), Diarmuid Conroy (Dublin) and Gerard Rabbitte (Dublin).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixation device delivery system is described. The system includes a driver and a cooperating fixation element featuring a barb which becomes active upon deployment in the inner abdominal wall."
The patent was filed on Oct. 4, 2023, under Application No. 18/481,029.
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