US Patent Issued to PJPG on Aug. 11 for "Minimally invasive no touch (MINT) procedure for harvesting the great saphenous vein (GSV), endoscopic asval technique and assisted pin stripping of superficial GSV, hydrodissection-based endoscopic vein harvesting (EVH) system, venous hydrodissector, retractor and tip adapter for use with flexible cystosope and adapted cystoscope system" (New York, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,391, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to PJPG LLC (Bay Shore, N.Y.).

"Minimally invasive no touch (MINT) procedure for harvesting the great saphenous vein (GSV), endoscopic asval technique and assisted pin stripping of superficial GSV, hydrodissection-based endoscopic vein harvesting (EVH) system, venous hydrodissector, retractor and tip adapter for use with flexible cystosope and adapted cystoscope system" was invented by John F. Gallagher (Bay Shore, N.Y.), Pamela M. Gallagher (Bay Shore, N.Y.), Paul J. Gallagher (San Diego) and Kaitlin E. Masciello (Commack, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of atraumatically hydrodissec...