ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,742, issued on June 24, was assigned to Medos International Sarl (Le Locle, Switzerland).
"Unilateral implant holders and related methods" was invented by Kevin Lee (Canton, Mass.) and Mark Hall (Bridgewater, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of unilateral implant holders and related methods are disclosed herein. An exemplary unilateral implant holder can include a surgical instrument that includes a unilateral locking mechanism arranged at a distal end of the instrument for rigidly holding onto a unilateral portion of the implant. The locking mechanism can be configured to lock onto a unilateral portion of the...