ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,944, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to EDGE INSTRUMENTS LLC (Austin, Texas).
"Carpal tunnel release systems and methods" was invented by Ira Lown (Austin, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment includes an apparatus for carpel tunnel syndrome surgery. The apparatus comprises: a shaft including a shaft proximal end, a shaft distal end, and a shaft long axis, wherein the shaft distal end comprises a raised edge; a linkage included within the shaft; a blade coupled to a distal end of the linkage; wherein (a)(i) an axis parallel to the shaft long axis intersects the raised edge but does not intersect the shaft, (a)(ii) the r...