ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,021, issued on July 1, was assigned to Medos International Sarl (Le Locle, Switzerland).
"Percutaneous disc clearing device" was invented by Salman Chegini (Bern, Switzerland), Joern Richter (Kandern, Germany) and Daniel Thommen (Liestal, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A discectomy tool comprising: a cannula having an outer surface having a longitudinal bore therein, a proximal end and a distal end; a steering wire disposed in the longitudinal bore; a flexible, hollow transmission shaft disposed in the cannula, the shaft having a throughbore, a proximal end portion, a distal end portion and an outer surface having a thread...