ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,590, issued on July 1.
"Measurement instrument for measuring force and displacement data from a surgical spreader" was invented by Briant Smith (Sonoma, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A measurement instrument configured for removable attachment to the two opposing handgrips of a surgical spreader includes a force transducer and a displacement transducer arranged to measure, store, and transmit mechanical forces acting on or imposed by the surgical spreader and relative spatial displacements of the jaws and/or handgrips of the surgical spreader. The measurement instrument enables accurate, precise measurements of force and displ...