US Patent Issued to Arthrex on May 6 for "Dynamically controlling a distal window opening in a rotary surgical shaver" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,274, issued on May 6, was assigned to Arthrex Inc. (Naples, Fla.).

"Dynamically controlling a distal window opening in a rotary surgical shaver" was invented by Robert Fugerer (Lutz, Fla.), Brett Poole (St. Pete Beach, Fla.), Joshua Buckman (St. Pete Beach, Fla.), Ankur Vayeda (St. Pete Beach, Fla.) and Jefferey Slater (Naples, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device system configured to dynamically control a shaver window opening via controlling positioning of an opening in an inner drive shaft relative to an opening in an outer housing based on continuously tracking the motor is disclosed. The medical device system may...