US Patent Issued to Alcon on July 14 for "Surgical knife with retractable blade" (Swiss Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,335, issued on July 14, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).

"Surgical knife with retractable blade" was invented by Venjamin Stojanov (Dietlikon, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical knife for ear surgery includes a handle comprising a control mechanism and a shaft coupled to and extending distally from the distal end of the handle. A rod disposed within the shaft comprising a distal end and a proximal end opposite the distal end, wherein the proximal end of the rod is coupled to the control mechanism and wherein the rod is configured to translate along a longitudinal axis of the shaft upon actuation ...