US Patent Issued to Biofusion Management and Manufacturing on June 3 for "Variable head driver for use with surgical implants" (Massachusetts, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,125, issued on June 3, was assigned to Biofusion Management and Manufacturing LLC (Austin, Texas).

"Variable head driver for use with surgical implants" was invented by Ali Kiapour (Newton, Mass.) and Rylan Reed (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for use in placing an implant into a patient is disclosed. The apparatus features an outer assembly having an outer shaft with an expandable driving member at its distal end and an inner cannulated shaft that fits within and cooperates with the outer shaft to affect the driving member. The inner shaft includes an actuation knob attached to the proximal end of the inner...