ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,232, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to INTEGRITY IMPLANTS INC. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).
"Powered osteotome trepanation tool" was invented by Ernest Earl Braxton Jr. (Vail, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical bone cutting system includes a trajectory guide and an osteotome or trepanation tool with a generally square cutting tip that creates a corridor through bone, for example, in the context of spine, through a facet joint or other vertebral structure and to the disc space between two vertebrata for any of a variety of surgical procedures, including but not limited to disc prep and cage insertion. The osteotome fits i...