US Patent Issued to DaVinci Plastic Surgery on March 4 for "Surgical skin marker" (Virginia, District Of Columbia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,495, issued on March 4, was assigned to DaVinci Plastic Surgery PC (Washington).

"Surgical skin marker" was invented by Katherine Lynn-Long Lijoi (Arlington, Va.) and Steven Davison (Washington).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention encompasses a sterile skin marker whose felt ink reservoir can be advanced by twisting the end of the marker revealing additional felt tip. The dried portion of the previously used felt tip can be cut off to reveal a fresh, ink saturated felt tip."

The patent was filed on June 30, 2023, under Application No. 18/217,146.

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