US Patent Issued to Sonex Health on July 1 for "Surgical cutting device for ultrasonic guided soft tissue surgery" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,032, issued on July 1, was assigned to Sonex Health Inc. (Eagan, Minn.).

"Surgical cutting device for ultrasonic guided soft tissue surgery" was invented by Darryl E. Barnes (Eagan, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The presently disclosed subject matter relates generally to a device for cutting soft tissue, such as transverse carpal ligaments and annular ligaments of the finger, and methods of using the soft tissue cutting device. A soft tissue cutting device includes an inner tubular member extending between a distal end and a proximal end of the inner tube, an outer tubular member disposed over at least a portion of the inner tu...