US Patent Issued to THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN on Feb. 10 for "Noninvasive suture delivery device" (Michigan, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,053, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"Noninvasive suture delivery device" was invented by Courtney Townsel (Canton, Mich.), Adrienne R. Harris (Clinton, Mich.), Jeffrey E. Ransden (Fairfield, Conn.) and Nathaniel Johnson (Ypsilanti, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A noninvasive suture delivery device includes a housing including a distal end and a trigger. An arm assembly is operably coupled to the distal end of the housing and includes a tubular body and a distal end. A suture includes a closed loop and a string. The closed loop defines an opening extending from t...