ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,715, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Smith & Nephew Inc., Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG (Zug, Switzerland) and Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).
"Medical implant delivery system and related methods" was invented by Jessica Marie Grabinsky (Melrose, Mass.), Jeffrey Louis Barnes (Medford, Mass.), Nathaniel Zenz-Olson (Ham Lake, Minn.), Nathaniel Van Tran (Lakeville, Minn.) and Jamal James Akid (Pawtucket, R.I.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implant delivery system is disclosed. The implant delivery system includes a delivery shaft and a detachable frame longitudinally advanceable relative to a delivery sheath. A...