US Patent Issued to Smith & Nephew, Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific, Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics on Sept. 29 for "Surgical resection device and methods of operation thereof" (Utah, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,014, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Smith & Nephew Inc. (Memphis, Tenn.), Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. (Singapore) and Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG (Zug, Switzerland).

"Surgical resection device and methods of operation thereof" was invented by Brett J. Bell (Mendon, Utah) and Samuel C. Dumpe (Sewickley, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Surgical methods and devices that facilitate anatomical resection are disclosed. In some examples, a surgical resection device is disclosed that includes a static housing and a resection tool coupled to the housing via a flexible gasket that allows relative motion between the static...