US Patent Issued to University of Virginia Patent Foundation on March 3 for "Surgical incision apparatus and related methods thereof" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,419, issued on March 3, was assigned to University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Va.).

"Surgical incision apparatus and related methods thereof" was invented by John A. Hossack (Charlottesville, Va.) and Nishaki Mehta (Charlottesville, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical incision apparatus and method for puncturing a cutaneous layer of a subject for providing guided access to a subcutaneous organ or subcutaneous cavity (or specified target region) of the subject. The apparatus may include a retention body configured for securing a cutting tool therein and a housing configured for receiving the retention bo...