US Patent Issued to UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, The Regents of the University of California on Dec. 2 for "Suture guide and systems and methods of using same" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,930, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (Washington) and The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Suture guide and systems and methods of using same" was invented by Drew Lansdown (San Francisco) and Brian Feeley (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cannula can comprise a main body portion having an outer peripheral surface, a longitudinal axis, a transverse axis that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and opposing first and second ends that are spaced relative to the longitudinal axis. A through-bore can extend throu...