US Patent Issued to Gyrus ACMI on Sept. 29 for "Endoscopic cutting forceps with jaw clamp lever latching mechanism" (Wisconsin, Minnesota, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,748,452, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Gyrus ACMI Inc. (Westborough, Mass.).

"Endoscopic cutting forceps with jaw clamp lever latching mechanism" was invented by Dennis G. Lamser (Marlborough, Mass.), John R. Mensch (Plymouth, Minn.) and Riyad Moe (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lever latching system comprising: a housing; a lever having a latch pin fixedly mounted to the lever, the lever being movably mounted to the housing so that the latch pin moves in an arc; and a latch plate movably mounted to the housing for linear movement with respect to the housing, the latch plate comprising a labyrinth for receiving the...