US Patent Issued to Stryker on May 26 for "Navigating introducer for tissue access system" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,039, issued on May 26, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Navigating introducer for tissue access system" was invented by Joseph L. Mark (Indianapolis) and Brian C. Dougherty (Terre Haute, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical access system is disclosed that includes an outer sheath, an introducer, and a navigational stylet. The outer sheath is defined by an open distal end and an open proximal end and includes a hollow body portion therebetween. The obturator is defined by a distal end and a proximal end. The distal end further comprises a tapered distal tip member that terminates in a distal tip. The navigatio...