US Patent Issued to Acumed on June 23 for "Drill having radiographically visible depth indications" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,129, issued on June 23, was assigned to Acumed LLC (Hillsboro, Ore.).

"Drill having radiographically visible depth indications" was invented by Mark B. Sommers (Beaverton, Ore.) and Scott F. Mastroianni (Forest Grove, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drill component is provided that enables determining the drill component's insertion depth into bone via direct measurements. The direct measurements help provide more consistently accurate insertion depth measurements as compared to typical insertion depth measurement methods that indirectly determine insertion depth using cannulas outside of the bone. The determined insertion dept...