US Patent Issued to Smith & Nephew, Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics, Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific on Feb. 3 for "Surgical instrument for manipulating and passing suture" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,113, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Smith & Nephew Inc. (Memphis, Tenn.), Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG (Zug, Switzerland) and Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Surgical instrument for manipulating and passing suture" was invented by Soroush Kamrava (Quincy, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suture passing instrument for manipulating and passing suture through a tissue is disclosed. 5 The instrument includes a handle, an elongate shaft extending from the handle, a hook movably disposed within the elongate shaft. The elongate shaft includes a distal portion having an open end. The hook is movable from a retra...