ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,766, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Lexington Medical Inc. (Bedford, Mass.).
"Surgical handle assembly" was invented by Leon Amariglio (Lexington, Mass.), Gonen Somekh (Kerem Maharal, Israel) and Shani Mann (Needham, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure includes apparatuses for a surgical handle assembly. An example apparatus includes a movable handle member and a switch configured to provide two or more modes of operation for the movable handle member and a driving pawl pivotally connected to a swing wheel configured to advance an actuation shaft linearly in a distal direction in response to actuation of...