ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,336, issued on July 15, was assigned to SPIRECUT SA (Muttenz, Switzerland).
"Medical instrument for percutaneous release procedures" was invented by Fabian Moungondo (Colfontaine, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical instrument for percutaneous release procedures, especially on upper or lower limbs, including percutaneous carpal tunnel release or percutaneous A1 pulley release. The medical instrument includes a handle portion to allow handling, orientation and manipulation of the medical instrument by a surgeon, and an elongated rod member secured to the handle portion and extending substantially within a defined plane. A...