US Patent Issued to Synaptive Medical on April 7 for "Trackable retractor systems, apparatuses, devices, and methods" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,129, issued on April 7, was assigned to Synaptive Medical Inc..

"Trackable retractor systems, apparatuses, devices, and methods" was invented by Joshua Lee Richmond (Toronto) and Gal Sela (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Trackable retractor systems, apparatuses, devices, and methods involving: retractor blades, each retractor blade having a proximal end and a distal end, the retractor blades having a blade axis defined by a midline therebetween or thereamong; actuation arms, each actuation arm having a proximal end and a distal end, each actuation arm distal end configured to correspondingly couple with each retractor blade pr...