ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,225, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to UNITED STATES ENDOSCOPY GROUP INC. (Mentor, Ohio).
"Linear tissue clipping device" was invented by Reza Mohammadpour (Willoughby Hills, Ohio), Alex Uspenski (Auburn Township, Ohio), Keith Randall John (Chardon, Ohio) and Seth Byers (Madison, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tissue clipping device for clipping tissue and methods of using the same. The device includes a tissue clipping assembly for clipping tissue and a drive assembly operable to control the operation of the tissue clipping assembly. The tissue clipping assembly includes a distal arm that is linearly extendable and retractab...