US Patent Issued to Stryker on April 7 for "Selectively lockable holding arrangement for a surgical access system" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,094, issued on April 7, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Selectively lockable holding arrangement for a surgical access system" was invented by Joseph L. Mark (Indianapolis), Brian C. Dougherty (Terre Haute, Ind.) and Chad Lamar (Indianapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Selectively lockable holding arrangements for a surgical access assembly are disclosed. One holding arrangement includes a body portion, an engagement barrel and a retaining member configured as a hook at a distal end of the body portion. The engagement barrel is position on a proximal end of the body portion and is configured to be selectively rota...