ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,530, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Medivis Inc. (New York).

"Surgical catheter snap tool" was invented by Jesse Harrison Gallant (New York), Christopher Morley (New York), Osamah Choudhry (New York) and Long Qian (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical catheter snap tool can include an elongated main body defining a longitudinal axis and having a front end, a back end, a top surface, first and second side surfaces, and a bottom surface. The elongated main body can include fiducial marker site(s) configured to host fiducial marker(s) at the top surface, a grip region at the first side surface, and a longitudinal...