US Patent Issued to Medtronic Navigation on July 28 for "Rotary cutting tool and powered handpiece adaptor assemblies, systems, and methods of use" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,875, issued on July 28, was assigned to Medtronic Navigation Inc. (Lafayette, Colo.).

"Rotary cutting tool and powered handpiece adaptor assemblies, systems, and methods of use" was invented by Allen P. Hilton (Arlington, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adaptor assembly for coupling a cutting tool to a drill drive chuck such that driven rotation of the drive chuck is transferred to the cutting tool by the adaptor assembly. The adaptor assembly includes a rod, a collet and an enclosure. A proximal region of the rod provides an adaptor male coupling portion configured to engage a drill drive chuck. A leading of the collet provi...