ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,947, issued on March 25, was assigned to ARTHREX INC. (Naples, Fla.).

"Reaming assemblies for preparation of surgical sites" was invented by Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez (Weston, Fla.), Rudraksh Khosla (Naples, Fla.), Tyler Clevett (Bonita Springs, Fla.), Gregory Guederian (Naples, Fla.) and John David Paterson (Naples, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to reaming assemblies and methods for repairing bone defects. The reaming assemblies disclosed herein may be utilized for removing bone prior to positioning a graft and/or implant at a surgical site."

The patent was filed on Jan. 10, 2022, under Application...