ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,427, issued on April 15, was assigned to Vivasure Medical Ltd. (Galway, Ireland).

"Closure system and uses thereof" was invented by Christopher Martin (Oughterard, Ireland), Damien Ryan (Galway, Ireland), Peter Grant (Galway, Ireland), Michael Dunning (Galway, Ireland), Gerard Brett (Claregalway, Ireland), Kevin Walsh (Barna, Ireland) and Desmond John Regan (Loughrea, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates generally to a closure system for use in surgical procedures."

The patent was filed on March 31, 2022, under Application No. 17/710,104.

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