ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,932, issued on Dec. 2.
"Laparoscopic hysterectomy specimen retrieval device" was invented by Daniel Doerr (Orlando, Fla.) and Gary Haberland (Winter Park, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy specimen retrieval device provides a plug assembly that rides along an outer circumference of the introducer tube. The plug assembly is moveable between a locked condition and an unlocked condition. A distal end of the plug assembly provides a seal portion dimensioned and adapted to engage a vaginal cavity in a sealed engagement, whereat a user may form a locked condition to prevent insufflated gas from...