US Patent Issued to Medos International Sarl on June 17 for "Reamer instruments and related methods" (Massachusetts, Rhode Island Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,416, issued on June 17, was assigned to Medos International Sarl (Le Locle, Switzerland).

"Reamer instruments and related methods" was invented by Eric Biester (Barrington, R.I.), Cory Emil (Milton, Mass.), Michael Sorrenti (Middleboro, Mass.), Richard W. Fournier (New Bedford, Mass.) and Ralph Solitario (Pocasset, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Reamer instruments and related methods are disclosed herein, e.g., for reaming bone to facilitate in situ assembly of a bone anchor. In some embodiments, the instrument can include a feedback mechanism configured to alert the user when sufficient bone has been removed to facilitate asse...