US Patent Issued to Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona on May 13 for "Infected-tissue extraction device and methods of use thereof" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,611, issued on May 13, was assigned to Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona (Tucson, Ariz.).

"Infected-tissue extraction device and methods of use thereof" was invented by L. Daniel Latt (Tucson, Ariz.), Carlos Urrea-De La Puerta (Tucson, Ariz.), Carolina Gomez Llanos (Tucson, Ariz.), Emilio Araiza (Tucson, Ariz.), Erick De Leon (Tucson, Ariz.) and Eva Richter (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for removing infected tissue from a patient is provided. The device includes a handle body attached to a curette. The handle body comprises first and second channels extending therethrough. The cu...