US Patent Issued to ARTHREX on Sept. 30 for "Atraumatic instruments and associated methods for capsulotomy" (Florida, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,918, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to ARTHREX INC. (Naples, Fla.).

"Atraumatic instruments and associated methods for capsulotomy" was invented by Matthew Johnson (Bonita Springs, Fla.), Zachary Pharr (Columbia, Tenn.), Trenton Boyer (Bonita Springs, Fla.) and Jeremy Stephens (Naples, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to surgical instruments and methods for incising soft tissue. The instruments may include one or more atraumatic features for reducing a likelihood of trauma to adjacent tissue."

The patent was filed on Feb. 14, 2023, under Application No. 18/168,653.

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