Patents by Inventor Clayton L. Moliver

Clayton L. Moliver has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • KNOTLESS SUTURES INCLUDING INTEGRATED CLOSURES
    Publication number: 20220054128
    Abstract: Self-retaining sutures having a first end for penetrating tissue and an elongated suture body comprising a plurality of intermittent apertures structured to enable formation of knotless suture loop closures that securely hold opposing tissue faces together due to the presence of the intermittent apertures through the suture that permit one-way passage of the suture body thus forming a self-retaining or self-engaging loop in the suture that does not slip backwards. Once a desired loop size is formed between tissue faces by pulling the suture through one of the intermittent apertures in the suture thread, the suture thread is clipped and a further loop is begun using the remainder of the suture thread affixed to the suture needle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventor: Clayton L. Moliver
  • KNOTLESS SUTURES INCLUDING INTEGRATED CLOSURES
    Publication number: 20210353283
    Abstract: Self-retaining sutures having a first end for penetrating tissue and an elongated suture body comprising a plurality of intermittent apertures structured to enable formation of knotless suture loop closures that securely hold opposing tissue faces together due to the presence of the intermittent apertures through the suture that permit one-way passage of the suture body thus forming a self-retaining or self-engaging loop in the suture that does not slip backwards. Once a desired loop size is formed between tissue faces by pulling the suture through one of the intermittent apertures in the suture thread, the suture thread is clipped and a further loop is begun using the remainder of the suture thread affixed to the suture needle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventor: Clayton L. Moliver
  • Knotless sutures including integrated closures
    Patent number: 11172926
    Abstract: Self-retaining sutures having a first end for penetrating tissue and an elongated suture body comprising a plurality of intermittent apertures structured to enable formation of knotless suture loop closures that securely hold opposing tissue faces together due to the presence of the intermittent apertures through the suture that permit one-way passage of the suture body thus forming a self-retaining or self-engaging loop in the suture that does not slip backwards. Once a desired loop size is formed between tissue faces by pulling the suture through one of the intermittent apertures in the suture thread, the suture thread is clipped and a further loop is begun using the remainder of the suture thread affixed to the suture needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Inventor: Clayton L. Moliver