ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,368, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Zimmer Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).
"Expandable locking reamer with double-sided blades" was invented by Akshay Vinayak Dhamankar (Parsippany, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reamer comprises a handle, a first shaft extending from the handle in a fixed manner, first and second pivoting blades connected to a distal end of the first shaft, a second shaft extending from the handle in a translatable manner, wherein the handle is rotatable to adjust a position between the first and second shafts to adjust a cutting diameter of the pivoting blades, and a locking mechanism to lock the pivoting blades into...