MUMBAI, India, June 20 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517029949 A) filed by Maquet Cardiovascular Llc, Wayne, U.S.A., on March 28, for 'organ harvesting tool.'
Inventor(s) include Perez, Juan, Isaias; Mohan, Ashik, A.; Phillips, Samuel, R; and Kreidler, Marc, S.
The application for the patent was published on June 20, under issue no. 25/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A surgical instrument for harvesting an organ includes a surgical tool and a handle. The handle includes an actuator rotatable about an actuator pivot pin and a cam connected to the actuator and rotatable in tandem with the actuator. The surgical instrument further includes an actuator rod having a distal end connected to the surgical tool and a proximal end connected to the cam. The cam defines a slot which captures a portion of the actuator rod. The portion of the actuator rod captured in the slot is slidable within the slot as the cam rotates. Sliding of the portion of the actuator rod in the slot actuates the surgical tool."
The patent application was internationally filed on Sept. 27, 2023, under International application No.PCT/US2023/033905.
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