ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,336, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to LSI Solutions Inc. (Victor, N.Y.).
"Sternal ascender apparatus" was invented by Jude S. Sauer (Pittsford, N.Y.), Matthew David DeClerck (Greece, N.Y.), Angelo John Martellaro (Victor, N.Y.), Benjamin James Boseck (Canandaigua, N.Y.) and Matthew Wrona (Fairport, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sternal elevator apparatus is disclosed. The sternal elevator may include a panel, a support beam traversing the panel, and a post coupled to a proximal end of the panel. The apparatus may also include an indicator handle coupled to the sternal elevator, an actuator drive pivotably coupled to the indic...