ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,408, issued on June 17.

"Handle design of a scalpel for stable operation thereof" was invented by Michael Joseph Wawrzyniak (Las vegas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scalpel handle includes a receiving member to receive a blade therethrough and a main portion coupled to the receiving member. The main portion has a number of indentations on both a first surface and a second surface thereof. The indentations are evenly spaced between one another and the number of indentations extends from a first end proximate the receiving member along a first length of the main portion across an entire width thereof. The first length is at least tw...