US Patent Issued to Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research on Jan. 20 for "Soft tissue cutting device and methods of use" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,595, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minn.).

"Soft tissue cutting device and methods of use" was invented by Darryl E. Barnes (Eagan, Minn.) and Jay Smith (Byron, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments provide a soft tissue device, such as a transverse carpal ligament cutting device having one or more balloons that are deflated when the device is in an inactive position and are inflated when the device is in an active position. Other embodiments provide a soft tissue cutting method, such as a method of cutting a transverse carpal ligament that uses a sof...