US Patent Issued to Medos International on Oct. 6 for "Depth stop adapter" (Swiss, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,788, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Medos International Sarl (Le Locle, Switzerland).

"Depth stop adapter" was invented by Philippe Lindenmann (Basel, Switzerland), Jorn Richter (Kandern, Germany) and Daniela Hammer (Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A depth stop adapter may include a depth stop guide tube. The depth stop guide tube may define a hollow interior configured to receive a drill bit such that the drill bit can extend through the depth stop guide tube. The depth stop adapter may include a housing comprising a first end and a second end. There may be a first aperture configured to receive the de...