ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,509, issued on July 22, was assigned to ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITESI (Atakum/Samsun, Turkey).
"Uterus manipulator in minimally invasive surgery" was invented by Abdulkadir Bakay (Atakum/Samsun, Turkey) and Onur Yontar (Atakum/Samsun, Turkey).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a uterus manipulator in minimally invasive surgery that facilitates procedures of manipulation of the uterus, incising and suturing of all kinds of tissue connected to the uterus and particularly, incising the cervico-vaginal tissue in a circular line in laparoscopic hysterectomy, that prevents the incidence of various complications dur...