ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,217, issued on July 14, was assigned to Gyrus ACMI Inc. (Westborough, Mass.).
"Forceps including a double biased handle latch" was invented by John Mensch (Plymouth, Minn.), Riyad Moe (Madison, Wis.) and Kester Julian Batchelor (Mound, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical device comprising: a closure assembly including: (a) a movement unit configured to be connected to a movable member, the movement unit including: (i) one or more bars; (ii) one or more bar biasing members in communication with the movement unit and moving the one or more bars; (b) a latch unit configured to be connected to a ground member, the latch unit ...