US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CLEVELAND MEDICAL CENTER on April 7 for "Sleeve for retention of a surgical port comprising flanges that are reversibly radially expandable" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,409, issued on April 7, was assigned to UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CLEVELAND MEDICAL CENTER (Cleveland).

"Sleeve for retention of a surgical port comprising flanges that are reversibly radially expandable" was invented by Ryan Juza (Cleveland), Steve Schomisch (Cleveland), Stephan Nieuwoudt (Cleveland) and Jeffrey Marks (Cleveland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sleeve for retention of a surgical port is disclosed. The sleeve comprises a first sleeve portion, a second sleeve portion, a plurality of flanges, and a reversible locking mechanism. The second sleeve portion is disposed around the first sleeve portion and is reversibly slidable ...