US Patent Issued to The Johns Hopkins University on July 22 for "System and method for fixing a cranial implant" (Maryland, Florida, New Jersey, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,489, issued on July 22, was assigned to The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore).

"System and method for fixing a cranial implant" was invented by Chad Gordon (Cockeysville, Md.), Owen F. Friesen (Baltimore), Cristina I. Romany (Orlando, Fla.), Nathan W. Scott (Phoenix, Md.), Deborah I. Weidman (Bedford, Mass.), Jing Lin Cui (Baltimore) and Ku Chien Lin (Fort Lee, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An attachment for a drill includes an inner housing configured to be coupled to the drill. The attachment also includes an outer housing positioned at least partially around the inner housing. The attachment also includes a vertical guide...