ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,581, issued on Jan. 20.
"Drill bit having roughness areas" was invented by Marcus Abboud (Avon, Colo.) and Sihana Rugova (Avon, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drill bit having roughness areas in a flute to reduce debris clogging in the flute during drilling, reduce temperatures of the drill bit and material being drilled, and lubricate the drill bit during drilling among other features. The drill bit is useful to drill in many unique materials including mammalian bone to reduce or eliminate bone chips occluding the flute. The roughness areas evacuate the bone chips quickly and efficiently and generate a low temperature of the...