ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,599, issued on May 27, was assigned to ARCH MEDICAL SOLUTIONS (Huntingdon Valley, Pa.).
"Surgical cutting device" was invented by Patrick M. White (Lewes, Del.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reamer that creates blind holes in a bone has a reamer body connected to a reamer shaft. The reamer body has a shell curvature having at least a portion of a hemisphere, a convex curved exterior surface and a concave curved interior surface, extending from an apex to a lower edge. The reamer body is capable of being rotated about a perpendicular axis; and has at least a first and second left-hand spiral reamer blade. Each left-hand spiral blade...