US Patent Issued to Medenvision on July 28 for "Medical fixation device for connecting surgical instruments to an operating table" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,939, issued on July 28, was assigned to Medenvision (Westerlo, Belgium).

"Medical fixation device for connecting surgical instruments to an operating table" was invented by Pieter Deboeck (Tielt-Winge, Belgium), Filip Van Limbergen (Hulshout, Belgium), Wouter Foulon (Lubbeek, Belgium), Kristoff Corten (Wolfsdonk, Belgium) and Floris Goyens (Antwerp, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to medical devices and medical device systems for keeping open a wound during surgery as well as to devices and systems for assisting in positioning and keeping in place biological tissue during surgery. More particularl...