US Patent Issued to Arthrex on March 31 for "Bone resection method by plunge milling and rasping during total ankle arthroplasty" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,915, issued on March 31, was assigned to Arthrex Inc. (Naples, Fla.).

"Bone resection method by plunge milling and rasping during total ankle arthroplasty" was invented by Maris Prieditis (Naples, Fla.), Benjamin Chan (Bonita Springs, Fla.) and Adam N. Garlock (Naples, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for tibial bone resection, comprising a device including a handle and a rasp coupled to the handle. The rasp includes a top surface, a bottom surface, a first side surface, and a second side surface. A portion of the top surface includes a first rough surface, a portion of the first side surface includes a second rough surf...