US Patent Issued to Conmed on April 22 for "Retractable shaver bur" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,786, issued on April 22, was assigned to Conmed Corp. (Utica, N.Y.).

"Retractable shaver bur" was invented by John K. Sieh (Safety Harbor, Fla.), Ronald D. Woodring (Dunedin, Fla.), Steven T. Helak (Tampa, Fla.) and John F. Collins (Tampa, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shaver bur for resecting bone inside the joint in arthroscopic procedures. The shaver bur includes an inner assembly having an inner hub with an inner tube extending distally therefrom. The inner tube terminates in a distal bur tip. The shaver bur also includes an outer assembly having an outer hub with an outer tube extending distally therefrom. The inner tube ...