US Patent Issued to Ohio State Innovation Foundation on Oct. 7 for "Device to restrain opening of an off-the-shelf surgical instrument" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,710, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Ohio State Innovation Foundation (Columbus, Ohio).

"Device to restrain opening of an off-the-shelf surgical instrument" was invented by Nahush Mokadam (Columbus, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for retaining a medical instrument includes a main body extending along a curved longitudinal axis. The main body defines a channel extending along the curved longitudinal axis. A first slot of the main body extends in a direction substantially perpendicular to the curved longitudinal axis. A clamp member is coupled to a hinge protrusion of the main body and movable between an open and a close...