US Patent Issued to Stryker on June 2 for "Surgical access system with navigation element" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,554, issued on June 2, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Surgical access system with navigation element" was invented by Joseph L. Mark (Indianapolis) and Amin Kassam (Ottawa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical access assembly and method of use is disclosed. The surgical access assembly comprises an outer sheath and an obturator. The outer sheath and obturator are configured to be delivered to an area of interest within the brain. Either the outer sheath or the obturator may be configured to operate with a navigational system to track the location of either device within the brain."

The patent was filed on April ...