US Patent Issued to Shukla Medical on March 25 for "Dual rod implant cutter" (Florida, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,963, issued on March 25, was assigned to Shukla Medical (St. Petersburg, Fla.).

"Dual rod implant cutter" was invented by Zachary Robert Sweitzer (Keyport, N.J.) and Brian Joseph Servedio (St. Petersburg, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutter for cutting an implant is provided. The cutter includes a gearbox; a primary milling bit, a secondary milling bit and a lead screw operatively coupled to the gearbox; an input coupling coupled rigidly to the primary milling bit; and an implant coupler coupled rigidly to the lead screw, wherein the gearbox is operable to translate with respect to the lead screw and to drive the secondary ...