US Patent Issued to CooperSurgical on June 17 for "Illuminated surgical retractor" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,370, issued on June 17, was assigned to CooperSurgical Inc. (Trumbull, Conn.).

"Illuminated surgical retractor" was invented by Jeffrey Ralph Swift (Boca Grande, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An illuminated surgical retractor including a handle, a blade including a curved portion at a proximal end thereof and a main blade portion extending from the curved portion, with the curved portion being disposed between the handle and the main blade portion, and an illumination assembly including at least one direct light source positioned to emit light toward a distal end of the blade and a cover partially enclosing the at least one dir...