US Patent Issued to Medtronic Xomed on Sept. 29 for "Apparatus and method of connection of attachments to a holder" (Colorado, Georgia, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,026, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Medtronic Xomed Inc. (Jacksonville, Fla.).

"Apparatus and method of connection of attachments to a holder" was invented by Jeffrey M. Schwamb (Broomfield, Colo.), Samuel Gladstone (St. Johns, Fla.), Phillip Berman (Jacksonville, Fla.), Ali Mowlai-Ashtiani (Jacksonville, Fla.), John R. Prisco (Canton, Ga.) and Alana M. Lacy (Aurora, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an instrument assembly usable in a procedure. The instrument includes a connection for a working portion and to a tool handle. The assembly includes a method and system for interconnection and/or identification of t...