US Patent Issued to BIOMET 3I on June 30 for "Pointed countersink drill" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,371, issued on June 30, was assigned to BIOMET 3I LLC (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

"Pointed countersink drill" was invented by Miguel Montero (Boynton Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure include a countersink portion having at least one ridge, the at least one ridge tapering to at least one inflection, the at least one ridge further extending from the at least one inflection toward a drilling portion, thereby forming at least one transition surface; the drilling portion having an elongated pin and a tip; wherein the drilling portion extends from the countersink portion and the at least one ...