US Patent Issued to Prichard Medical on Oct. 6 for "Surgical instrument with orientation sensor having different modes and a user identified heading" (Illinois, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,740, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Prichard Medical Inc. (Rocky River, Ohio).

"Surgical instrument with orientation sensor having different modes and a user identified heading" was invented by Joseph Prichard Drain (Columbus, Ohio), Keith Alsberg (Evanston, Ill.) and Jeremiah Peter O'Leary (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orientation sensor that includes a user input device that is configured to transition a mode of the orientation sensor and/or that includes a movable guide member. The user input device may include a button, and in response to pressing the button the mode of the orientation sensor may change (e.g., to p...