ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,118, issued on May 20, was assigned to Vivasure Medical Ltd. (Galway, Ireland).
"Vascular closure device" was invented by Peter Grant (Galway, Ireland), Bartosz Pawlikowski (County Galway, Ireland), Noelle Barrett (County Galway, Ireland), Mark McGoldrick (County Roscommon, Ireland) and Gerard Brett (County Galway, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are systems, devices, and methods for closing a perforation in any hollow vessel associated with a mammalian surgical procedure, for example a device for sealing an aperture in a tissue, the device comprising an implant and a delivery shaft configured to engage the im...