US Patent Issued to Arthrex on Oct. 20 for "Moldable jamming grip for surgical instruments" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,869, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Arthrex Inc. (Naples, Fla.).

"Moldable jamming grip for surgical instruments" was invented by Chad Jones (Naples, Fla.) and Stephen Seipel (Naples, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical device includes a support member forming a connection interface extending from a portion of the surgical device. A moldable handle includes an interior liner extending over at least a portion of the connection interface and an exterior engagement layer in connection with the interior liner defining a grip surface. The interior liner and the exterior engagement layer form an enclosed cavity therebetween....