ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,898, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Systems for using the status of a motor during a surgical drilling procedure to improve efficiency of a breakthrough algorithm" was invented by Rahul Sharma (Gurgaon, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handheld surgical system includes an instrument, a depth measurement attachment, and a controller. The instrument includes a housing and a motor that is positioned within the housing. The depth measurement attachment is removably coupled to the instrument. The depth measurement attachment includes a first sensor that is configured to provide a vibration sign...