ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,728, issued on June 24, was assigned to Gyrus ACMI Inc. (Westborough, Mass.).
"Forceps having actuator splay control" was invented by Zane R. Ward (Minneapolis), Eric J. Boone (Saint Michael, Minn.) and Christian J. Fiksen (Maple Grove, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Forceps with improved actuation include a housing and a body that is longitudinally slidable relative to the housing. The body having a peripheral flange extending outward towards the housing. A trigger includes an actuation surface configured to receive a force input from a user. The trigger further including at least one arm configured to transfer the received fo...