ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,027, issued on July 1.
"Medical instruments for performing a minimally-invasive procedure" was invented by Carter J. Kovarik (Englewood, Colo.) and Joseph E. Kovarik (Englewood, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for performing a minimally-invasive procedure having a shaft with a flexible portion that extends distally from a handle portion and an actuatable tool head assembly that includes a sharp cutting implement at its other end. The handle portion includes an actuatable trigger operatively connected to a pull member such that actuation of the trigger moves the pull member and selectively positions the actuatable too...