US Patent Issued to Conmed on Nov. 25 for "Multi-barrel drill guide" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,388, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Conmed Corp. (Largo, Fla.).

"Multi-barrel drill guide" was invented by Robert A. Thibodeau (Saint Petersburg, Fla.), Matthew C. Summitt (Palm Harbor, Fla.), Gregory A. Alfonso (Tampa, Fla.), Robert A Rofman (Saint Petersburg, Fla.), Erika T. Calvert (Seminole, Fla.) and Peter Miller (Largo, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-barrel drill guide with an elongated body extending along a longitudinal axis having a proximal end and a distal end, an elongated distal guide tube attached to and extending from the distal end of the elongated body, and a handle extending from the elongated body ...