US Patent Issued to Gyrus ACMI on April 14 for "Surgical forceps and fixation thereof" (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,395, issued on April 14, was assigned to Gyrus ACMI Inc. (Westborough, Mass.).

"Surgical forceps and fixation thereof" was invented by Mark J. Kroll (Dresser, Wis.), Cole D. Halstead (Ramsey, Minn.), William E. Butler (Minneapolis), John Mensch (Plymouth, Minn.), Theodore C. Blus (Arden Hills, Minn.), Robert D. Whitney (Fort Wayne, Ind.) and Matthew J. Warzecha (Shorewood, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical forceps can include an outer shaft, a first jaw, a second jaw, and an inner shaft. The first jaw can include a first flange and a second flange. The first jaw can be pivotably coupled to the outer shaft. The second j...