US Patent Issued to Stryker on Feb. 17 for "Universal lateral pivoting handle" (Virginia, District Of Columbia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,356, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Universal lateral pivoting handle" was invented by Liam Patrick Barnes (Ashburn, Va.), Alexander Horia Artaki (Washington) and Pauline Patricia Hutton (Gainesville, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument to implant spinal implants including a shaft, a sleeve, and a handle assembly. The shaft defining a longitudinal axis and having a slotted portion with first slots and second slots. The sleeve rotatably disposed around the slotted portion. The handle assembly pivotably attached to the sleeve by a pivot pin, the handle assembly having a position...