US Patent Issued to Medtronic Xomed on Nov. 11 for "Microdebrider with improved cutting and reduced clogging" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,387, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Medtronic Xomed LLC (Minneapolis).

"Microdebrider with improved cutting and reduced clogging" was invented by Bo D. Turano (Jacksonville, Fla.) and Phillip J. Berman (Jacksonville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for removing tissue includes a housing having an outer tube extending therefrom including an axis defined therealong. A middle tube is supported within the outer tube having an opening at a distal end with an edge. The middle tube includes a swage proximate the area of engagement between the middle and outer tubes. An inner tube is disposed within the middle tube and inclu...