US Patent Issued to Invuity on May 26 for "Surgical retractor, methods of making a surgical retractor, and methods of retracting tissue" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,999, issued on May 26, was assigned to Invuity Inc. (San Francisco).

"Surgical retractor, methods of making a surgical retractor, and methods of retracting tissue" was invented by Vladimir Zagatsky (San Francisco) and Fernando Erismann (Sacramento, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an example, a surgical retractor includes an elongated shaft extending from a first end to a second end, and a retractor blade extending from the second end of the elongated shaft. The elongated shaft defines an internal chamber. The elongated shaft includes a handle portion at the first end of the elongated shaft, a suction conduit in a first latera...