US Patent Issued to Mighty Oak Medical on Sept. 30 for "Drilling depth and control apparatus and methods for using the same" (Colorado, Vermont Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,896, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Mighty Oak Medical Inc. (Englewood, Colo.).

"Drilling depth and control apparatus and methods for using the same" was invented by George Frey (Englewood, Colo.), Caleb Voelkel (West Glover, Vt.), Adam Jensen (Golden, Colo.) and Sean Starkman (Centennial, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to drill guides and depth control apparatus for use with a variety of customized or standardized surgical instruments. In embodiments, the apparatus comprises at least a body portion and a collar portion, one or more of which are configured to be coupled to a cutting instrument, suc...