US Patent Issued to Suture Ease on Nov. 11 for "Biological tissue access and closure apparatus, systems and methods" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,351, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Suture Ease Inc. (Galt, Calif.).

"Biological tissue access and closure apparatus, systems and methods" was invented by Scott Heneveld (Whitmore, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tissue access and closure system for piercing through biological tissue and providing access to internal structures; particularly, intra-abdominal structures, and closing an opening in the tissue. The system includes a suture passer sub-system that is adapted to releasably secure sutures and insert the sutures into and through the tissue, and a suture guide sub-system that is adapted to cooperate with the suture ...