ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,721, issued on June 24, was assigned to WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC (Warsaw, Ind.).
"Surgical instrument and method" was invented by Stanley T. Palmatier (Olive Branch, Miss.), William D. Armstrong (Memphis, Tenn.), Nicholas M. Benson (Cordova, Tenn.) and Grady S. Davis (Collierville, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument includes a first member defining an axis. A second member is axially translatable relative to the first member. A cutting element is connected with the second member and has a cutting surface. The cutting element is rotatable relative to the second member to transversely move cut tissue. Systems, impl...