ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,913, issued on March 31, was assigned to Medline Industries LP (Northfield, Ill.).
"Bone graft harvesting apparatus" was invented by Natan Pheil (Highland Park, Ill.), Dinesh Koka (Winter Park, Fla.) and Samuel Nader (Arlington Heights, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a bone graft harvesting device that includes a cutter section and a housing section secured to one another via a removable fastener, such as a manually operable screw. One of these sections includes a proximal end having a shaft configured for connection to a drill or other rotary tool, and the other may include a scoop for facilitation of removal of h...