US Patent Issued to Vycor Medical on July 21 for "Expandable surgical access port" (American, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,561, issued on July 21, was assigned to Vycor Medical Inc. (Boca Raton, Fla.).

"Expandable surgical access port" was invented by David Cantor (Rome) and Robert Schaefer (Riverside, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An expandable surgical access port having movable arms and a membrane on the arms. The arms are movable by a mechanism that operates without moving in the longitudinal direction, and may include position indicators, slots for lights and electrical wires through the arms, and other features. A method for making a surgical access port is also provided."

The patent was filed on June 30, 2023, under Application No. 18/217...