US Patent Issued to Medtronic PS Medical on March 24 for "Retractable protection and/or sensing features for powered surgical cutting devices and systems" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,435, issued on March 24, was assigned to Medtronic PS Medical Inc. (Goleta, Calif.).

"Retractable protection and/or sensing features for powered surgical cutting devices and systems" was invented by Michael Vu (Grand Prairie, Texas), Aayush Malla (Fort Worth, Texas), Milton F. Barnes (Grand Prairie, Texas), John W. Kulas (Euless, Texas) and Sophie A. Pervere (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical cutting device includes a handle, a shaft assembly extending distally from the handle, a cutting tool extending through the shaft assembly, and a retractable shield. The retractable shield and/or the cutting tool is movable relat...