US Patent Issued to Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska on Feb. 3 for "Quick-release tool coupler and related systems and methods" (Nebraska Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,625, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Neb.).

"Quick-release tool coupler and related systems and methods" was invented by Shane Farritor (Lincoln, Neb.) and Thomas Frederick (Lincoln, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The various embodiments herein relate to a coupling apparatus for a medical device having a coupler body, a cavity defined in the coupler body, a rotatable drive component disposed within the cavity and having at least two pin-receiving openings, and an actuable locking ring disposed around the cavity."

The patent was filed on Oct. 18, 2021, under Application N...