ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,225, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Allosource (Centennial, Colo.).
"Ergonomic forceps tool" was invented by Denis M. Meade (Littleton, Colo.), Shane Graham (Parker, Colo.) and Kyle von Kaenel (Thornton, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is disclosed a system and methods for safely and securely gripping osseous-based tissue during allograft processing. One embodiment includes a first forceps half pivotally coupled to a second forceps half, where the first and the second forceps halves combine to form a handle portion and a head portion. The handle portion may define a first longitudinal axis, and the head portion may def...