ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- United States Patent no. 11,969,179, issued on April 30, was assigned to Applied Medical Resources Corp. (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.).
"Single incision laparoscopic tissue retrieval system" was invented by Scott V. Taylor (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) and Henry Kahle (Corona, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tissue retrieval system can include a tissue retrieval bag with an elongate profile. The tissue retrieval bag can have a relatively large volume, but be rollable to a stowed configuration to fit in a relatively small diameter introducer. The tissue retrieval system can include one or more support arms coupled to the tissue retrieval bag, the support...