ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,215, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Vascutek Ltd. (Renfrewshire, Great Britain).
"Surgical device" was invented by Seonaid Barbara Nimmo (Lanarkshire, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical device controls fluid flow through a vessel by releasable constriction of the vessel using a compressible "C"-shape operating member with first and second elongate flexible members respectively configured to form a first loop and a second loop, the first and second loops intersecting to define an eye surrounding the vessel, wherein the operating member has first and second arms separated by a gap, the first arm being attachabl...