ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,175, issued on July 8.
"Bone cutting system and apparatus" was invented by Amir A Jamali (Oakland, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bone cutting apparatus for holding a bone graft for shaping and sizing during surgery, including a polygonal cutting box having two opposing sides, at least one open side, and a base. The opposing sides have cutting slots, and a cutting accessory attaches to one of the opposing sides and has a central cutting slot that aligns with and expands the size of a cutting slot to pass a saw blade. A graft holding plate includes a platform with an upper surface to support a bone graft and further includes a...