ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,674, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Medtronic Europe Sarl (Tolochenaz, Switzerland).
"Manual mixer" was invented by Neil Sasaki (San Jose, Calif.), Mollie Benson (Austin, Texas), Sarah Freesemann (Bakersfield, Calif.), Benjamin Murray (Union City, Calif.) and Aj Konnath (Colorado Springs, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manual mixer serves to facilitate mixing and agitating materials for use during surgery. The manual mixer includes a mixing assembly and an actuation assembly for actuating the mixing assembly. The mixing assembly includes at least a paddle portion and a plunger portion. The plunger portion is simultaneou...