ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,954, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Relign Corp. (Santa Cruz, Calif.).
"Arthroscopic devices and methods" was invented by Aaron Germain (San Jose, Calif.) and Jeffrey Norton (Emerald Hills, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tissue cutting probe includes an outer sleeve assembly, an inner sleeve assembly, a burr and an electrode. Each of the inner and outer sleeves has a proximal end, a distal end, and central passage extending therebetween. The inner sleeve assembly is coaxially and rotatably received in the central passage of the outer sleeve assembly, and the burr has a plurality of metal cutting edges carried on a first si...