US Patent Issued to SURE RETRACTORS on Sept. 8 for "Retractors" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,868, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to SURE RETRACTORS Ltd. (Glasgow, Great Britain).

"Retractors" was invented by Forbes Butterfield (Glasgow, Great Britain) and David Crosland (Edinburgh, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a surgical retractor (10) comprising a support (12), first and second arms (14, 16) extending from a same side of the support, a first anatomy engaging member (42) having a first interior face (52) and a first exterior face (50), and a second anatomy engaging member (44) having a second interior face (52) and a second exterior face (50). The first anatomy engaging member (42) d...