ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,200, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to RetractOrtho Inc. (Solana Beach, Calif.).
"Stabilizing retractor system" was invented by Alidad Ghiassi (Los Angeles), Steven Howard (La Jolla, Calif.), Bradley Klos (Solana Beach, Calif.) and Michael Bauschard (Richmond, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A soft tissue retraction system may include a support body. A soft tissue retraction system may include a bone engaging concavity on a first side of the support body. A soft tissue retraction system may include a soft tissue retracting surface on a second side of the support body. The system may include a first guide configured to receive a f...