ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,596, issued on June 10, was assigned to Dignity Health (San Francisco).
"Apparatus and bone cutting device for removal of bone tissue" was invented by Michael Bohl (San Francisco), Iridian Vaca (San Francisco), Ryan Samuel Schulte (San Francisco), Andrew Robert Bruce (San Francisco) and Leah Elizabeth Fletcher (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of a device for forming incisions and extracting osseous tissue are disclosed. The device includes a body defining a channel. A blade is oriented in linear sliding engagement within the channel of the body. The device includes a stopping mechanism for restricting movemen...