ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,567, issued on May 13, was assigned to SMARTCLOSER SURGICAL DEVICES SOCIETA' A RESPONSABILITA' LIMITATA (Parma, Italy).
"Surgical tool for abdominal suture" was invented by Renato Costi (Parma, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical tool for abdominal suturing is disclosed having an elongated body with oval or elliptical cross-section, a distal end, a proximal handle and a lateral pair of notches between the distal end and the proximal handle. The pair of notches is transversally aligned on a major axis of the oval or elliptical cross-section. A pair of needles is housed in the distal end with needle tips directed towards th...