US Patent Issued to Medos International Sarl on Nov. 11 for "Devices and methods for bending or cutting implants" (Swiss, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,410, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Medos International Sarl (Le Locle, Switzerland).

"Devices and methods for bending or cutting implants" was invented by Renaud Rouge (Le Locle, Switzerland), Jakub Galkowski (Le Locle, Switzerland) and Thibault Chandanson (Villers le lac, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods for bending or cutting implants are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an instrument can convert a rotational input force (e.g., supplied by a powered driver tool) into movement of a first rod holder with respect to a second rod holder. Such movement can form a bend in a rod or other implant held by...