ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,256, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Soranus Arge Ve Danismanlik Hizmetleri Sanayi Ticaret A.S. (Izmir, Turkey).

"Suturing device and methods of use thereof" was invented by Ahmet Ozgur Yeniel (Izmir, Turkey), Ozgun Selim Germiyan (Izmir, Turkey), Yetkin Kader (Izmir, Turkey) and Abdullah Alkan (Izmir, Turkey).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure includes a suturing device including: a fixed arm having a fixed jaw including a first grasping slot configured to receive a needle; a movable arm coupled to a movable jaw including a second grasping slot configured to receive the needle, the movable arm configured to pivo...