US Patent Issued to Biomet Microfixation on Feb. 3 for "Unitary endoscopic vessel harvesting devices with a visual cue to identify orientation of cutting elements" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,163, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Biomet Microfixation LLC (Jacksonville, Fla.).

"Unitary endoscopic vessel harvesting devices with a visual cue to identify orientation of cutting elements" was invented by Mark Orphanos (Foxboro, Mass.) and Matt Petrides (West Bridgewater, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Unitary endoscopic vessel harvesting devices with an elastic force are disclosed. In some embodiments, such devices comprise an elongated body having a proximal end and a distal end, a tip disposed at the distal end of the elongated body. The tip having a visual cue indicating a location of at least one cutting element exten...