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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
May. 14, 2019
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Matthew J. Meyer, North Garden, VA (US);
Rahul Bhattacharyya, Lowell, MA (US);
Wilton Cahn Levine, Needham, MA (US);
Sai Nithin R. Kantareddy, Cambridge, MA (US);
Dustin R. Long, Seattle, WA (US);
Sanjay E. Sarma, Lexington, MA (US);
David H. Bartels, Williamstown, MA (US);
Devan D. Bartels, Williamstown, MA (US);
Matthew M. Vanneman, Cambridge, MA (US);
THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION, Boston, MA (US);
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A suture needle apparatus includes a needle body and a radio-frequency identification ('RFID') chip disposed proximate to the needle body. The RFID chip is encoded with an identifying information associated with the suture needle apparatus. The RFID chip includes an electromagnetic coupling element. A suture thread is operatively coupled to the needle body. At least one of the needle body and the suture thread is an antenna selectively electromagnetically coupled to the RFID chip and, when coupled, is configured to wirelessly communicate the identifying information responsive to radio-frequency interrogation of the suture needle apparatus. A method of providing a suture needle apparatus is also disclosed.