US Patent Issued to INSURGICAL on Sept. 29 for "Medical tool with vibration damping" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,013, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to INSURGICAL INC. (Austin, Texas).

"Medical tool with vibration damping" was invented by Philip Tetzlaff (Austin, Texas), Richard Acevedo (Austin, Texas) and Aaron Jon Fowler (Leander, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery-powered tool equipped with damping to reduce vibration, noise and heat generated by drive components and high oscillation rates of components and mating accessories mounted to those tools. Some versions of the tool may include elastomeric damping pads, rings, strips, blocks, threaded mounts or co-molded elements. Other versions may include shrouded components or shro...