US Patent Issued to Medtronic Xomed on Oct. 20 for "Surgical burs with localized auxiliary flutes" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,887, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Medtronic Xomed Inc. (Jacksonville, Fla.).

"Surgical burs with localized auxiliary flutes" was invented by John W. Kulas (Euless, Texas) and Donald E. Stearns (Melissa, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical bur including primary flutes and auxiliary flutes. The primary flutes include (i) first clearance surfaces, and (ii) first rake surfaces with first cutting edges. The primary flutes extend from a proximal end of the surgical bur to a distal end of the surgical bur. The auxiliary flutes are localized in central regions or distal regions of the surgical bur. The auxiliary flutes incl...