ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,946, issued on March 25.
"Surgical rongeur and methods thereof" was invented by Timothy Tian Roberts (New York).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical rongeur includes a lower shaft that defines a floor including a trap door, the lower shaft terminates in a static footplate. An upper shaft is slidably coupled to a top surface of the lower shaft, the upper shaft terminates in a cutting blade. An elongated member is slidably coupled along the floor of the lower shaft and terminates in a sliding footplate. A primary trigger is coupled to the upper shaft, where actuation of the primary trigger is configured to alternately move the cut...