US Patent Issued to Prometheus Surgical on Feb. 18 for "Surgical guide production apparatus for use in a sterile environment" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,136, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Prometheus Surgical Ltd. (Buckinghamshire, Great Britain).

"Surgical guide production apparatus for use in a sterile environment" was invented by George DeSoutter (Buckinghamshire, Great Britain), William DeSoutter (Buckinghamshire, Great Britain) and Christopher Block (Buckinghamshire, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical guide production apparatus and accessories are provided to simplify the process of using the production apparatus within the surgical environment. A cutting attachment is provided for use on a surgical guide production apparatus. The cutting attachment comp...