US Patent Issued to Microline Surgical on Aug. 12 for "Reusable minimally invasive surgical instrument" (New Hampshire, California, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,330, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Microline Surgical Inc. (Beverly, Mass.).

"Reusable minimally invasive surgical instrument" was invented by Mark Bourgeault (Stratham, N.H.), Shekhar Nimkar (Swampscott, Mass.), Brian Foster (Stoneham, Mass.), Christopher Alesi (Saugus, Mass.), Charity Nguyen (Lynn, Mass.), Russ Laroche (Salem, N.H.) and Ishita Tyagi (Santa Clara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reusable tip for minimally invasive surgical instruments can include an end effector, a two-part hub, and a yoke. The end effector can include one or more movable portions enabling the end effector to move between first (e.g., o...