ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,370, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Shukla Medical (St. Petersburg, Fla.).
"Trephine" was invented by Zachary Robert Sweitzer (Keyport, N.J.), Brian Joseph Servedio (St. Petersburg, Fla.) and Adam Gosik-Wolfe (Tampa, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trephine is provided. The trephine includes a hole saw sized to accommodate an implant, the hole saw having: a cylindrical body having a proximal end, a distal end and an outer surface, a plurality of circumferentially spaced cutting teeth at the distal end of the cylindrical body, and a plurality of helical grooves on the outer surface of the cylindrical body; and a quick connect ...