US Patent Issued to Stryker on Dec. 16 for "System and method of taking and collecting tissue cores for treatment" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,303, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"System and method of taking and collecting tissue cores for treatment" was invented by Joseph L. Mark (Indianapolis), Brian C. Dougherty (Terre Haute, Ind.) and Alexandra Schwier (Lawrenceburg, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tissue cutting device that is especially suited for neurosurgical applications is disclosed and described, as well as alternative systems for tissue preservation and transport. The cutting device includes an outer cannula in which a reciprocating inner cannula is disposed. A tissue collector is also provided and is in fluid communicat...