US Patent Issued to Medtronic PS Medical on March 24 for "Oscillating surgical bone removal tool with fluted cutting head" (Texas, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,415, issued on March 24, was assigned to Medtronic PS Medical Inc. (Goleta, Calif.).

"Oscillating surgical bone removal tool with fluted cutting head" was invented by Milton F. Barnes (Grand Prairie, Texas), Haoran Li (Flower Mound, Texas) and Steven Hartmann (Superior, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical device for cutting or shaving bone or tissue includes a housing having an elongated tube extending therefrom, the elongated tube configured to support a surgical tool at a distal end thereof. A gear assembly is disposed within the housing and is configured to control oscillation of the surgical tool. A motor is operably...