Patent approved for wound closure device

United States Patent no. 9,615,817, was issued this month to Surgical Innovations LLC in Marysville.

The wound closure apparatus and method was invented by Peter E. Bippart of Oroville and Diane S. Kindred of Yuba City.

The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office said the wound closure apparatus can be a self-contained device for delivery and deployment of a tissue-engineered wound plug that can secure fascial closure of laparoscopic port-site wounds.

The wound plug can include a subfascial rivet head, a suprafascial rivet head and a compressible column.