ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,791, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).
"Flexible instrument delivery device" was invented by Joseph L. Mark (Indianapolis), Brian C. Dougherty (Terre Haute, Ind.), Inder Jarial (Carmel, Ind.) and Ethan Elijah Mahn (Centerburg, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical access assembly may include an outer sheath defined by an open distal end and an open proximal end and including a hollow body portion therebetween, and a flexible tool delivery device having a hub and a guide tube, the hub configured to selectively secure to a rim at the proximal end of the outer sheath, and the guide tube config...