ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,232,745, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to McGinley Engineered Solutions LLC (Casper, Wyo.).

"Surgical saw with sensing technology for determining cut through of bone and depth of the saw blade during surgery" was invented by Joseph C. McGinley (Casper, Wyo.), Lawson Fisher (Palo Alto, Calif.), Devjeet Mishra (Palo Alto, Calif.), Jim McCrea (Palo Alto, Calif.), Brian Bliven (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Martin Leugers (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Sensing technology methods related thereto for determining cut through of bone and a depth of penetration of a working portion of a surgical instrument (e.g., an oscillating saw ...