ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,052, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Nano Surgical Inc. (Delray Beach, Fla.).

"Multi-functional surgical instrument with attachable surgical instrument bits" was invented by Steven M. Hacker (Delray Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Surgical instrument bits mate to a multi-function surgical handle. The surgical instrument bits include an integrated light source, and are disposable or reusable. Surgical instrument bits comprise scalpel blades, skin hooks, retractors, curettes, comedone extractors, forceps, elevators, dissectors, elevators, bone hooks, suture removers, punch biopsy instruments and probes, reflecting devices...