US Patent Issued to LIMACORPORATE on Nov. 18 for "Milling cutter for orthopaedic use, in particular in knee, pelvis or ankle surgery" (Italian, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,932, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to LIMACORPORATE S.P.A. (Villanova di San Daniele del Friuli, Italy).

"Milling cutter for orthopaedic use, in particular in knee, pelvis or ankle surgery" was invented by Christoph Fiedler (Diekhof, Germany) and Massimo Ceconi (Travesio, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthopaedic surgical instrument, in particular a milling cutter, including: an inner rod extended along an own longitudinal axis and provided with an attachment end to a motorized member; a tubular envelope wrapping the inner rod; an operating head at a rod end which is opposite said attachment end; a gimbal joint between th...