US Patent Issued to DePuy Synthes Products on Sept. 9 for "Surgical instrument having a self-centered quick connect interface" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,931, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to DePuy Synthes Products Inc. (Raynham, Mass.).

"Surgical instrument having a self-centered quick connect interface" was invented by Mirko Rocci (Oberdorf, Switzerland) and Martin Altmann (Oberdorf, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A quick connect tool, a replaceable tool, and methods are disclosed. The replaceable tool includes a shaft having a tool end, a coupling end opposite the tool end, and a longitudinal axis extending between the coupling end and the tool end. The shaft has a tool portion defining the tool end, a coupling portion defining the coupling end, the coupling portion ...