ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,404, issued on Nov. 25.
"Stay insertion tools" was invented by David S. Goldsmith (Atlanta).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are surgical hand tools to facilitate the proper implantation beneath the outer layer of ductus to include vessels, the trachea, esophagus, and ureters, as well as glands, organs, or other tissue of medicinal, magnetically susceptible, magnetized, and/or radiation-emitting stays, or ribs-arcuate bands sized in proportion to the substrate structure which incorporate substances for implantation toward the surface of the substrate. Stay insertion tools allow access to and expedite stay insertion into deeper...