US Patent Issued to Board of Regents, The University of Texas System on Jan. 13 for "Specimen retrieval device" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,145, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas).

"Specimen retrieval device" was invented by Ian Makey (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a specimen retrieval device that utilizes a constricting mesh to assist with the contained retrieval of specimens during minimally invasive surgical procedures. The device can facilitate isolation and removal of specimens and allows the specimen to be removed through a smaller incision than a traditional extraction bag through constricting and elongating of the specimen by tension provided from pulling the specimen retri...