US Patent Issued to Stryker on Sept. 30 for "Surgical saw blade cartridge and coupler therefor" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,894, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Surgical saw blade cartridge and coupler therefor" was invented by Wyatt S. Kowall (Portage, Mich.), Jeffrey Karl (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Girish Karve (Portage, Mich.) and Steven J. Carusillo (Kalamazoo, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A saw blade cartridge comprises a saw blade and a cassette. The cassette is disposed over a proximal portion of the saw blade and includes first and second cassette portions opposing each other across the proximal portion. Each portion comprises a shell and a damper. The shells are of a first stiffness and have an outer side. T...