US Patent Issued to Shukla Medical on Jan. 13 for "Surgical tool handle assembly" (New Jersey Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,128, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Shukla Medical (St. Petersburg, Fla.).

"Surgical tool handle assembly" was invented by Zachary Robert Sweitzer (Keyport, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handle assembly is disclosed for firmly holding a surgical tool. The handle assembly comprises a handle and a locking mechanism attached to the handle. The locking mechanism includes a locking ring, a collet, and a compressible locking pin engageable with the locking ring and collet. The locking ring is moveable between first and second positions relative to the handle. The first position is an unlocked position whereby the locking pin is...