ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,940, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Cochlear Ltd. (Macquarie University, Australia).
"Torque limiting drive tools" was invented by Simon Aleryd (Macquarie University, Australia) and Per Hillstrom (Macquarie University, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Presented herein are torque limiting drive tools for use with, for example, components of a medical device. A torque limiting drive tool in accordance with aspects presented herein comprises an elongate handle/body and a plurality of torque arms located at a distal end of the handle, where the plurality of torque arms define an opening configured to longitudinally (axially) ...