US Patent Issued to Medos International Sarl on Dec. 30 for "Devices and methods for providing surgical access" (Swiss, American, French, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,880, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Medos International Sarl (Le Locle, Switzerland).

"Devices and methods for providing surgical access" was invented by Michael White (Liestal, Switzerland), Joern Richter (Kandern, Germany), Jan Klett (Aesch, Switzerland), Stephane Gully (Rixheim, France), Veronique Zollmann (Gebenstorf, Switzerland) and Richard Kocharian (Princeton, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Adjustable-length surgical access devices are disclosed herein, which can advantageously allow an overall length of the access device to be quickly and easily changed by the user. The access devices herein can reduce or eliminate ...