US Patent Issued to Smith & Nephew, Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics, Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific on May 13 for "Bone punch instrument" (Massachusetts, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,591, issued on May 13, was assigned to Smith & Nephew Inc. (Zug, Singapore), Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG (Zug, Switzerland) and Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Bone punch instrument" was invented by Carolyn M. Krasniak (Melrose, Mass.), Cori G. Pierce (Salem, N.H.), Kevin M. Falco (Chelmsford, Mass.) and Jeffrey L. Barnes (Medford, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device configured to form one or more holes within a bone of a patient may include a handle assembly including a housing, a lever rotatably coupled to the housing, and a sheath extending distally from the housing, the handle assembly inc...