ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,585, issued on June 17, was assigned to FIDELIS PARTNERS LLC (Cheyenne, Wyo.).
"Rotary tool with reduced recoil for orthopedic surgery" was invented by Christopher Pedicini (Brentwood, Tenn.) and Joshua Pedicini (Nashville, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary torque releaseor for orthopedic surgery includes an output anvil and a hammer that is capable of imparting linear and rotary force on the anvil. The anvil may be moveable on a leadscrew element to alternately generate energy in an energy storage means and to move along the leadscrew element to torque release the anvil. A viscoelastic mechanism or a dampening mechanism ...