ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,895, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Vivek Harihar (Shimago, India).

"Self knotting suturing instrument" was invented by Vivek Harihar (Shimago, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aspect of the present disclosure provides a suturing instrument comprising: a plurality of hollow tubes; at least two stitching arms coupled to first end of the plurality of hollow tubes, the at least two stitching arms capable of moving between an open position and a closed position, wherein in the open position the at least two stitching arms are away from each other, and in the closed position the at least two arms are closer to each other; a needl...