US Patent Issued to Medtronic Xomed on June 2 for "Surgical system including powered rotary-type handpiece" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,514, issued on June 2, was assigned to Medtronic Xomed Inc. (Jacksonville, Fla.).

"Surgical system including powered rotary-type handpiece" was invented by Michael L. Koltz (Jacksonville, Fla.), Christopher L. Fair (Jacksonville Beach, Fla.), Michael S. Ferrell (Glen St Mary, Fla.), Andrzej Klimaszewski (Jacksonville, Fla.), David J. Little II (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.), Manfred K. Luedi (Jacksonville, Fla.), Gerould Norman (Jacksonville, Fla.) and Robert K. Vaccaro (Ormond Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical system which may include a controller, a data entry device, a powered surgical handpiece and a surgical tool a...