US Patent Issued to Quartus Engineering on June 3 for "Depth controllable and measurable medical driver devices and methods of use" (Nevada Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,095, issued on June 3, was assigned to Quartus Engineering Inc. (San Diego).

"Depth controllable and measurable medical driver devices and methods of use" was invented by Wayne Anderson (Las Vegas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are devices and methods for creating a bore in bone. The devices and methods described involve driving a rotating bit in an axial direction such that both rotation and linear movement are controlled and measurable. The instrument is useful for a surgeon to control and simultaneously measure the travel of the tool into the bone and prevent injury to surrounding structures."

The patent was filed on Sep...