ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,090, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SMITH & NEPHEW INC. (Memphis, Tenn.).
"Arthroscopic resection device" was invented by Victor Ilizaliturri-Sanchez (County Arenal de Guadalupe, Mexico), Dean Matsuda (Los Angeles), Mathew Erle Mitchell (Pelham, N.H.), Rafal Z Jezierski (Middelton, Mass.) and Bryan S. Jones (West Roxbury, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an arthroscopic resection device. The device includes an outer member including a hub, an inner member including a hub, the inner member housed within the outer member, a tube coupled to the outer member, and means for allowing longitudinal m...