US Patent Issued to FlexDex on Sept. 30 for "Surgical tool and assembly" (Michigan, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,982, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to FlexDex Inc. (Brighton, Mich.).

"Surgical tool and assembly" was invented by Zachary R. Zimmerman (Northville, Mich.), Gregory Brian Bowles (Fenton, Mich.), Deepak Sharma (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Matthew P. Weber (Brighton, Mich.), Christopher Paul Huang Shu (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and James Duncan Geiger (Ottawa Hills, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Surgical tools and assemblies are employed for use in minimally invasive surgical (MIS) procedures. A surgical tool assembly includes a handle assembly and a frame assembly. The handle assembly and frame assembly are designed and constructed to have a...