ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,499, issued on March 3, was assigned to Joint Development Inc. (Salt Lake City).
"Unibody orthopedic surgical instrument" was invented by Luca Terziotti (Salt Lake City), Eric M Dacus (Salt Lake City), Nabil M. Rizk (Salt Lake City) and Dermott J. McHugh (Salt Lake City).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The unibody orthopedic instrument includes an elongated handle, a latching interface outwardly extending relative to the elongated handle and selectively couplable to an orthopedic component, and a hand accessible spring-biased lever arm operable with a hinge coupled to the elongated handle about a pivot. The hinge normally positions the...