ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,082, issued on April 7, was assigned to LRS Science and Technology LLC (Mendham, N.J.).
"Surgical cutting tool" was invented by Christopher G. Sidebotham (Mendham, N.J.), Leon Roitburg (East Hanover, N.J.) and Randall J. Lewis (Bethesda, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hemispherical cutting tool has a frame having a first end portion and a second end portion. Curved side panels are coupled to the frame and arranged about the rotational axis of the cutting tool, and have cutting teeth and engagement members extending inwardly into the frame from edge portions of the curved side panels in a direction toward a hollow interior of th...