US Patent Issued to MISSION SURGICAL INNOVATIONS on Sept. 22 for "Modular, assembled surgical instrument" (Pennsylvania, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,804, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to MISSION SURGICAL INNOVATIONS LLC (Wayne, Pa.).

"Modular, assembled surgical instrument" was invented by Brian Garvey (Bryn Mawr, Pa.), Sidney M. Jacoby (Gladwyne, Pa.), Eon Kyu Shin (Princeton, N.J.) and Patrick Kane (Ocean City, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical device including a cannula having a base member at a proximal end, a sidewall connected to the base member, and a bore defined by the base member and sidewall. The sidewall further has an opening into the bore between axially-extending edges of the sidewall. A configurable guide insert includes a combination track having...