US Patent Issued to SMITH & NEPHEW on Sept. 16 for "System and method for delivery and positioning of surgical implants" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,790, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to SMITH & NEPHEW INC. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"System and method for delivery and positioning of surgical implants" was invented by Theodore R. Kucklick (Campbell, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and method for delivery and positioning of a sheet-like surgical implant to a target site including a means of deploying and orienting the sheet-like implant within the body."

The patent was filed on July 10, 2023, under Application No. 18/219,975.

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