ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,716, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corp. (Ann Arbor, Mich.).
"Hemostat organizer" was invented by Kevin R. Line (Ann Arbor, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An organizer is provided for holding surgical forceps in a ready position. Each surgical forceps includes a pair of shanks with distal tips, proximal ring handles, and a ratchet mechanism adjacent the ring handles. The organizer has a base, and a wedge-shaped core projecting upwards along a vertical axis from the base. The core has a profile adapted to fit within a respective opening of each respective forceps bounded by the shanks and the...