ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,203, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Distal Access LLC (Park City, Utah).
"Rotational drive apparatus with ratcheting mechanism" was invented by Shawn P. Fojtik (Park City, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hand held, hand operated apparatus for rotating, or spinning, rotatably oscillating and/or inducing back and forth longitudinal movement in a device, such as an elongated medical device. A drive shaft of the hand held, hand operated rotational drive apparatus includes a ratcheting mechanism capable of enabling oscillating (repeated forward and reverse) rotation of a device that has been coupled thereto when there is little ...