US Patent Issued to Arbutus Medical on March 24 for "Medical device" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,444, issued on March 24, was assigned to Arbutus Medical Inc. (Vancouver, Canada).

"Medical device" was invented by Radu Postole (Vancouver, Canada), Michael Cancilla (Vancouver, Canada) and John Kodosky (Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to a medical device. The medical device can include a body having a first extension and having a second extension. The first extension can have a first adapter and the second extension can have a second adapter. The first adapter and the second adapter can couple with at least one tensioning assembly to cause the body to pivot from a first position ...