US Patent Issued to Actuated Medical on Sept. 16 for "Oscillation-aided implant insertion system and device" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,080, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Actuated Medical Inc. (Bellefonte, Pa.).

"Oscillation-aided implant insertion system and device" was invented by Roger B Bagwell (Bellefonte, Pa.), Alanoud S Alsubhi (State College, Pa.), Ryan S Clement (State College, Pa.), Jenna K Greaser (State College, Pa.), Eric M Steffan (Karthaus, Pa.) and Natasha N Tirko (State College, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implant insertion device includes a vibrational actuator generating axial vibrations, a coupler interconnected to the actuator and selectively retaining an implant with penetrating electrodes. The coupler has a distal end cavity at...