US Patent Issued on Sept. 22 for "Skin flap retraction device" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,774, issued on Sept. 22.

"Skin flap retraction device" was invented by Gorrepati Rohith (Hyderabad, India), Gorrepati Vivek (Hyderabad, India) and Devyani Singhi (Hyderabad, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Skin flap retraction device. The self-retaining retractor device (100) can provide appropriate, adequate, and dynamic traction during a surgical procedure that involves skin flap elevation. The self-retaining dynamic surgical retractor device (100) employs a precurved detachable solid block (20) and malleable arm assembly (22 and 24) that can be used for various surgeries involving raising skin flaps and places that need a dy...