US Patent Issued to Medmetalex on Sept. 22 for "Bone remover" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,790, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Medmetalex Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Bone remover" was invented by Tomomi Nakagawa (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bone remover for removing bones such as a femoral bone head in a minimally invasive surgical procedure comprises a shaft having a handle at a proximal end, a screw portion at a leading end and tapered toward the leading end, and a blade portion at the leading end of the screw portion. Helical threads of the screw portion are on a surface of, and coaxial with, the shaft. The blade portion is plate-shaped and tapered toward the leading end, and has a cutting blade at...