ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,233, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).
"Powered surgical tool with transmission" was invented by Marshal Eric Finley (Phoenixville, Pa.), Anthony James Ruhala (Almont, Mich.), James D. Lark (King of Prussia, Pa.), Christopher James Lark (West Bloomfield, Mich.), Corey Freimark (Grand Haven, Mich.), Evan Jeffries (Farmington Hills, Mich.) and Haley Madison Schappell (Phoenixville, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a powered surgical tool that selectively provides rotational oscillations to a tool head (effector) to effect tissue modification during a surgical proce...