ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,894, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Stryker European Operations Ltd. (Carrigtwohill, Ireland).
"Saw blade for use in performing a medical procedure" was invented by Peter Hans Bensel (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Matteo Nicolasi (County Cork, Ireland), Stephen Isham (Mattawan, Mich.) and Samuel David Dayton (Kalamazoo, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical saw blade configured for oscillatory resection of bone, the saw blade including a body defining a longitudinal axis (L). The body including a mounting portion and a distal portion, the distal portion and the mounting portion formed integrally with one another such that oscillat...