ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,097, issued on April 7, was assigned to Integrity Medical Services Inc. (Yorba Linda, Calif.).
"Systems and methods for orthopedic tool connectors" was invented by Nirav H. Amin (Yorba Linda, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical tool connector that can couple with an orthopedic tool with an actuator. The connector can allow the slap hammer to quickly be coupled and decoupled with different tools. The connector can include a spring-loaded component such that the tool can be easily connected and disconnected from the slap hammer. The slap hammer can include a handle for controlling the connected tool."
The patent was filed...