US Patent Issued to Gyrus ACMI on July 1 for "Forceps handpiece to driveshaft coupling and methods" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,029, issued on July 1, was assigned to Gyrus ACMI Inc. (Westborough, Mass.).

"Forceps handpiece to driveshaft coupling and methods" was invented by John Mensch (Plymouth, Minn.) and Christian J. Fiksen (Maple Grove, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Forceps including a handpiece configured to transfer motion from an actuator to an end effector of the forceps. The handpiece including: a lumen extending through a portion of the handpiece; a sleeve affixed to the handpiece, the sleeve extending through at least a portion of the lumen; and a shaft extending into the sleeve and affixed to the sleeve."

The patent was filed on March 25, ...