US Patent Issued to HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON, UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1, A-TRACT DEVICE on Aug. 5 for "Adjustable endoscopic traction device" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,841, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON (Lyons, France), UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1 (Villeurbanne, France) and A-TRACT DEVICE & CO (Belmont d'Azergues, France).

"Adjustable endoscopic traction device" was invented by Louis-Jean Masgnaux (Lyons, France), Jean Grimaldi (Lyons, France), Soline Brun (Lyons, France), Mathieu Pioche (Belmont-d'Azergues, France) and Jerome Rivory (Vourles, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The aim of the invention is to provide a traction device for sufficiently exposing the submucosa so as to provide suitable conditions for the dissection device to move freely throughout the...