US Patent Issued to Stryker European Operations on April 22 for "Surgical drilling system for determining bone breakthrough" (Irish, Slovene, Slovenian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,779, issued on April 22, was assigned to Stryker European Operations Ltd. (Carrigtwohill, Ireland).

"Surgical drilling system for determining bone breakthrough" was invented by Seamus Gilhooley (Athenry, Ireland), Yuk Lam Krista Lee (Strabane, Ireland), Eugene O'Keeffe (Kilworth, Ireland) and Rok Kordez (Ljubljana, Slovenia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical drill bit for bone drilling and for determining a characteristic of a drilling medium from a characteristic of fluid flow. The surgical drill bit includes a shank portion for coupling to a drill chuck. The shank portion defines a proximal opening. The surgical drill bit als...