US Patent Issued to TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY on Nov. 25 for "Endoscopic suture device and operation method thereof" (Taiwanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,368, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Endoscopic suture device and operation method thereof" was invented by Po-Wen Lu (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope device including an endoscope body, a suture device, and a needle. The endoscope body has a proximal portion and a distal portion opposite each other and includes a working channel. The suture device includes a first arm and a second arm opposite each other. The working channel connects the proximal portion and the distal portion. The first arm and the second arm extend toward a distal direction. At least one of...