US Patent Issued to COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES on Sept. 30 for "Medical devices with detachable pivotable jaws" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,892, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Bloomington, Ind.).

"Medical devices with detachable pivotable jaws" was invented by Michelle D. Martinez (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Vihar C. Surti (Winston-Salem, N.C.) and Tyler Evans McLawhorn (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Medical systems, devices and methods are provided for engaging tissue, e.g. for clipping tissue, closing a perforation or performing hemostasis. Generally, the medical system including a housing, first and second jaws rotatable relative to the housing, a driver, and an elongate drive wire. The elongate drive wire may be di...