US Patent Issued to The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. University on June 10 for "Devices and methods for closing abdominal fascia and other incisions" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,575, issued on June 10, was assigned to The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. University (Stanford, Calif.).

"Devices and methods for closing abdominal fascia and other incisions" was invented by Aussama K. Nassar (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods are provided for closing an incision through fascia or other tissue of a subject. A first closure element is positioned against tissue on a first side of the incision, a second closure element is positioned against tissue on a second side of the incision, and a fastener from or through the first closure element is directed through the tissue...