ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,166, issued on April 21, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).
"Oscillating surgical cutting tool" was invented by Peter L. Bono (Bingham Farms, Mich.), James D. Lark (West Bloomfield, Mich.) and John S. Scales (Ann Arbor, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a cutting tool for surgical procedures. More specifically, the present invention provides a rotary surgical cutting tool which overcomes the disadvantages of prior art surgical cutting tools by providing a rotary cutting tool having straight flutes, with each side of the flute being provided with a cutting edge that permits cutting i...