ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,763, issued on March 11, was assigned to Silk Road Medical Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
"Suture delivery device" was invented by Ronald Hentges (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Michi E. Garrison (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device is configured for closing an aperture in a wall of a blood vessel. An embodiment of the device includes a body and at least one suture element held within the body. A suture capture rod is positioned within the body and is operatively associated with the suture element and arranged to pass the suture element through a vessel wall such that opposed portions of the suture element extend from the v...