ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,019, issued on May 26.

"Bone drill bit and handpiece for using the bone drill bit" was invented by Marcus Abboud (Setauket, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bone drill bit includes a metal drill shaft body. The metal drill shaft body includes a drilling section, a clamping section, and a passive temperature-sensitive optical indicator which is in a thermo-conducting connection to the metal drill shaft body."

The patent was filed on Dec. 8, 2017, under Application No. 16/770,630.

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