ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,660, issued on June 17, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).
"Bone preparation device" was invented by Clifford Edwin Lambarth (Portage, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for preparing bone stock includes a shell (52) comprising a base (54) having a support surface (56), and a lid (58). The base and lid have a void space (60) therebetween. A carriage (62) is disposed at least partially within the void space, and moveable across the support surface. The carriage comprises a wall (64), at least a portion (65) of which is resiliently deformable. The wall cooperates with the base to define a preparation chamber ...