ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,107, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Teleflex Life Sciences LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Handle and cartridge system for medical interventions" was invented by Jolene Cutts (San Francisco), Curtis Yarra (Oakland, Calif.), Christopher Zaler (Los Gatos, Calif.), Alexander Charles Gordon (San Carlos, Ariz.), Calvin Lam (Dublin, Calif.), Kevin Alexander Lessard (San Francisco), Erik Noel (San Ramon, Calif.) and Maheshwara Rao (Oakland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for transferring mechanical energy in a handle to a cartridge to manipulate tissue or anatomical structures within the body of a human or animal subject for ...