ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,367, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to SpineGuard (Vincennes, France).
"Universal adapter for handheld surgical systems" was invented by Thibault Chandanson (Vincennes, France), Stephane Bette (Aix en Provence, France), Maurice Bourlion (Rive de Gier, France), Christopher Raczek (Vincennes, France) and Francois Teyssere (Vincennes, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Adapters for surgical drilling systems, and methods of use, are provided for performing surgical procedures, such as surgical drilling into bony structures, while guided by a conductivity sensing system. The adapters may be configured to be coupled to a surgical drillin...