ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,109, issued on April 7, was assigned to Shukla Medical (St. Petersburg, Fla.).
"Surgical extractor with a ratcheting handle device" was invented by Zachary Robert Sweitzer (Keyport, N.J.) and Adam Gosik-Wolfe (Tampa, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical extractor including an extractor device having a proximal end and a distal end, a first jaw and a second jaw configured to engage a fastener and carried at the distal end of the extractor device, and a ratchet handle device extending from the proximal end of the extractor device."
The patent was filed on Jan. 31, 2023, under Application No. 18/161,943.
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