US Patent Issued to LSI Solutions on Sept. 1 for "Surgical rib retractor" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,614, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to LSI Solutions Inc. (Victor, N.Y.).

"Surgical rib retractor" was invented by Jude S. Sauer (Pittsford, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical rib retractor has a housing and a body pivotably coupled to the housing and moveable between a closed position and an open position. The retractor also has a first arm unit coupled to the housing and configured to atraumatically receive tissue. The first arm unit has a first arm, a first strut movable relative to the first arm in a first plane defined by the first arm, and a first frame attached to the first strut. The retractor also has a second a...