ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,009, issued on July 1, was assigned to Lexington Medical Inc. (Bedford, Mass.).

"Motorized surgical handle assembly" was invented by Andrew Marecki (West Boylston, Mass.), Leon Amariglio (Lexington, Mass.), David Thomas Moy Jr. (Wellesley, Mass.) and Richard Moyer (Allston, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure includes apparatuses for a motorized surgical handle assembly. An example apparatus includes a non-movable handle, a movable handle configured to be moved away from and into proximity with the non-movable handle, wherein the movable handle comprises a locking protrusion, a selector lever configured to rota...