US Patent Issued to Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska on April 14 for "Methods, systems, and devices for surgical access and insertion" (Nebraska, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,403, issued on April 14, was assigned to Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Neb.).

"Methods, systems, and devices for surgical access and insertion" was invented by Thomas Frederick (Gretna, Neb.), Shane Farritor (Lincoln, Neb.), Jack Mondry (Edina, Minn.), Eric Markvicka (Lincoln, Neb.), Dmitry Oleynikov (Omaha, Neb.) and Jacob Greenburg (Lincoln, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The various embodiments herein relate to systems, devices, and/or methods relating to surgical procedures, and more specifically for accessing an insufflated cavity of a patient and/or positioning surgical systems or devices into t...