ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,056, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to AtriCure Inc. (Mason, Ohio).
"Surgical space maker device" was invented by Jackson Thomas Romelli (Cincinnati) and Matthew V. Monti (Cincinnati).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical space maker device has a flexible member comprising an expandable space-making frame where at least a first frame member and a second frame member of the space-making frame are axially advanceable relative to each other."
The patent was filed on Oct. 16, 2023, under Application No. 18/487,951.
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