US Patent Issued to The Regents of The University of Michigan on Nov. 25 for "Tool for neuroma treatment and nerve regeneration procedures" (Michigan, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,397, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"Tool for neuroma treatment and nerve regeneration procedures" was invented by Nicholas B. Langhals (Haslett, Mich.), Cynthia Anne Chestek (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Paul S. Cederna (Milan, Mich.), Albert Shih (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Melanie G. Urbanchek (Fullerton, Calif.), Grant H. Kruger (Ypsilanti, Mich.), Jeffrey Stephen Plott (Algonac, Mich.) and Jordan T. Kreda (Northville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a mechanically-actuated tool for cutting a tissue graft having a hollow core and methods for use ...