US Patent Issued to University of Louisville Research Foundation on Oct. 7 for "Trocar site closure clip" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,579, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to University of Louisville Research Foundation Inc. (Louisville, Ky.).

"Trocar site closure clip" was invented by Scott D. Cambron (Louisville, Ky.), Daniel S. Metzinger (Louisville, Ky.), Robert S. Keynton (Goshen, Ky.), Hares A. Patel (Elizabethtown, Ky.) and Dakota J. Waldecker (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trocar site closure clip includes a generally triangular central body, a pair of arms extending from the body, and an elongated support extending from the body between the arms. In use, the clip is advanced into a patient through a trocar, the trocar removed, then the clip...