US Patent Issued to Advanced Surgical Retractor Systems on Sept. 30 for "Surgical retractor" (Texas, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,870, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Advanced Surgical Retractor Systems Inc. (Shavano Park, Texas).

"Surgical retractor" was invented by Michael R. Girouard (Shavano Park, Texas), Alice Stover Mayfield (Denver), Shane Jerid Korthuis (Denver) and Marc Andrew Hanchak (Denver).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical retractor assembly and related attachments are provided to assist in surgical procedures. The surgical retractor provides for increased flexibility and ease of assembly. The surgical retractor may, for example, comprise two frame segments configured so that they may be coupled together using a connector that allows on...