ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,794, issued on May 13, was assigned to Pro-Dex Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Torque-limiting devices, systems, and methods" was invented by Alexander M. Pfotenhauer (Tustin, Calif.) and Manouchehr Goharlaee (Irvine, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various torque-limiting surgical driver devices, systems, and methods are disclosed. The surgical driver can include a body, a motor that is configured to rotate a drill bit engaged with the surgical driver, and a processor configured to control operation of the surgical driver. The surgical driver can have torque-limiting functionality, such as by monitoring the amount of torque applied to...