US Patent Issued to MEDOS INTERNATIONAL on Sept. 29 for "Devices and methods for cutting surgical components" (Massachusetts, Rhode Island Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,049, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to MEDOS INTERNATIONAL SARL (Le Locle, Switzerland).

"Devices and methods for cutting surgical components" was invented by Eric Biester (Barrington, R.I.) and Michael Sorrenti (Middleboro, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Surgical instruments for cutting surgical components either in situ or ex situ are disclosed. The surgical instruments can include a translating anvil that can be driven relative to an outer sleeve by a rotating an inner sleeve relative to the outer sleeve. The outer sleeve can be separable into a distal tip and a proximal base tube that can be modularly coupled to one anot...