US Patent Issued to SERVEI DE SALUT DE LES ILLES BALEARS-IBSALUT, FUNDACIO INSTITUT D'INVESTIGACIO SANITARIA ILLES BALEARS-IDISBA on Nov. 4 for "Device for converting a surgical instrument into a spreader" (Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,333, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to SERVEI DE SALUT DE LES ILLES BALEARS-IBSALUT (Palma, Spain) and FUNDACIO INSTITUT D'INVESTIGACIO SANITARIA ILLES BALEARS-IDISBA (Palma, Spain).

"Device for converting a surgical instrument into a spreader" was invented by Francesc Xavier Molina Romero (Palma, Spain), Jose Miguel Moron Canis (Palma, Spain), Leandro Augusto Brogi (Palma, Spain) and Emilio Romo Perez (Palma, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for providing the spreading function to a surgical instrument of 5 mm diameter comprising a linear body of circular section, such that the device comprises a body comprising a first ...