US Patent Issued to Acclarent on June 24 for "Shaver with blood vessel and nerve monitoring features" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,720, issued on June 24, was assigned to Acclarent Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Shaver with blood vessel and nerve monitoring features" was invented by Fatemeh Akbarian (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.), Jetmir Palushi (Irvine, Calif.) and Ehsan Shameli (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument for cutting a first tissue and detecting a second tissue includes a shaft, a cutting member, and a tissue monitor system. The shaft extends along a longitudinal axis and includes a shaft lumen and a shaft opening. The cutting member is disposed within the shaft lumen and configured to cyclically move from a first position to a...