US Patent Issued to Medos International on Aug. 18 for "Surgical instruments and methods for selectively coupling to an object" (Massachusetts, Rhode Island Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,409, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Medos International Sarl (Le Locle, Switzerland).

"Surgical instruments and methods for selectively coupling to an object" was invented by Cory Emil (Milton, Mass.), Richard Fournier (New Bedford, Mass.) and Eric Biester (Barrington, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Instruments and methods for selectively coupling to an object are provided, for example surgical instruments that can form a rigid connection with an object and also be disassembled for cleaning, sterilization, etc. One embodiment includes an elongate shaft with a longitudinal groove, a first partial circumferential groove that i...