US Patent Issued to Gyrus ACMI on Sept. 23 for "Laparoscopic forceps assembly for gripping and dissection" (Minnesota, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,659, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Gyrus ACMI Inc. (Westborough, Mass.).

"Laparoscopic forceps assembly for gripping and dissection" was invented by Theodore C. Blus (Arden Hills, Minn.), Zane R. Ward (Minneapolis), Jeffrey Nelson (Plymouth, Minn.) and Riyad Moe (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical device comprising: (a) a first jaw; (b) a second jaw opposing the first jaw, the first jaw, the second jaw, or both being movable relative to one another between a jaw nominal position and a jaw clamped position; (c) a clamp lever in communication with the first jaw and the second jaw, the clamp lever moving the ...