US Patent Issued to Lumendi on Sept. 23 for "Medical instruments for performing minimally-invasive procedures" (Massachusetts, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,658, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Lumendi AG (Switzerland).

"Medical instruments for performing minimally-invasive procedures" was invented by Jonathan O'Keefe (North Attleboro, Mass.), Amos Cruz (Wrentham, Mass.), Jonathan E. Wilson (Mattapoisett, Mass.), Niklas Helmick (Allston, Mass.) and Yukio Nakajima (Westport, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus for performing a minimally-invasive procedure, the apparatus comprising: a shaft having a distal end, a proximal end and a longitudinal axis extending between the distal end and the proximal end, wherein the shaft comprises a flexible portion and an articulating port...