US Patent Issued to Kims-Med on Dec. 16 for "Surgical retractor" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,052, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Kims-Med Co. Ltd. (Gwangju, South Korea).

"Surgical retractor" was invented by Song Hee Kim (Anyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a surgical retractor. The surgical retractor comprises: a handle part; a blade part having a suction hole; a lighting unit including at least one light source disposed on the blade part; a connection port coupled to the handle part or the blade part and having an outlet hole; and a suction channel for guiding smoke from the suction hole to the outlet hole, wherein an end portion of the suction channel on the suction ...