US Patent Issued to Moxie Medical on June 23 for "Bi-directional pneumatic impactor for orthopedic devices" (Indiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,170, issued on June 23, was assigned to Moxie Medical LLC (Indianapolis).

"Bi-directional pneumatic impactor for orthopedic devices" was invented by Joshua W. Wallace (Indianapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bi-directional pneumatic impactor for imparting impact forces to an object. The impactor includes a support structure having at least one grip member and a piston reciprocally moveable along a piston axis. A pressure control system coupled with the support structure and adapted to be connected to a supply of pressurized air. The pressure control system reciprocatingly moves the piston along the piston axis to generate force...