US Patent Issued to MAKO Surgical on March 18 for "Clamp guard" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,115, issued on March 18, was assigned to MAKO Surgical Corp. (Weston, Fla.).

"Clamp guard" was invented by Carl Gayle (Plantation, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blade mounting assembly for coupling a saw blade to a surgical saw. The blade mounting assembly including a blade clamp guard and a blade clamp moveably coupled to a drive hub of the surgical saw. The blade clamp guard defining a recess and a blade clamp at least partially disposed within the recess. The blade clamp further comprising a safety indicator. The blade clamp may be configured to move relative to the blade camp guard, the blade clamp moving between a first...