ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,120, issued on May 20, was assigned to LIVAC IP CO PTY LTD (Toorak, Australia).
"Hook and fenestration retractor" was invented by Philip Gan (Warrnambool, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical device for retraction of a body part is disclosed. The surgical device comprises an anchor at each end of the surgical device; an elongate body comprising a plurality of fenestrations along a body length wherein each fenestration is sized to receive at least part of one of the anchors; and a stopper preventing a tail end of the device being pulled through any of the plurality of fenestrations. The surgical device may also comprise...