ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,109, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to LIMACORPORATE S.P.A. (San Daniele del Friuli, Italy).
"Guided milling device for prosthetic surgery" was invented by Christoph Fiedler (Diekhof, Germany), Massimo Ceconi (Travesio, Italy) and Nicola Del Negro (San Daniele del Friuli, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Milling device for prosthetic surgery comprising a milling tool rotating about a milling axis, and a handling body. The handling body is provided with a drive rotating rod which develops along a longitudinal axis of linear rotation and is connected to the milling tool in order to make the milling tool rotate about the milling ax...