US Patent Issued to Olympus on Nov. 11 for "Medical intervention device with versatile handle" (Washington, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,362, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Olympus Corp. (Tokyo).

"Medical intervention device with versatile handle" was invented by Peter Lambe (Seattle), Winslow Harte (Kenmore, Wash.), Bryan Cabatic (Shoreline, Wash.), Razel D. Agustino (Seattle), Adam Lee Kosky (Palm Desert, Calif.) and David Desmarais (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical intervention device may include a distal end comprising a pair of jaws and a handle operably coupled to the distal end. The handle may include a pair of pivoting finger arms each having at least one finger loop, the pivoting finger arms being configured for opening and closing the pai...