ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,146, issued on May 20, was assigned to ARTHREX INC. (Naples, Fla.).
"Expandable reamer" was invented by David C. Koogle Jr. (Bonita Springs, Fla.), Zachary A. Ingwer (Boca Raton, Fla.) and Michael E. Eggert (Naples, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical device may include a tube and a cutting blade movable between a first position in which the cutting blade is concealed inside the tube and a second position in which the cutting blade is exposed through a sidewall of the tube."
The patent was filed on Nov. 8, 2022, under Application No. 17/982,612.
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