ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,034, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SMITH & NEPHEW INC. (Memphis, Tenn.), SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG (Zug, Switzerland) and SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC PTE. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Dual-blade tipped oscillating saw" was invented by Brett J. Bell (Mendon, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical resection device may include a handle, a first blade tip, and a second blade tip stacked on the first blade tip and configured to resect bone in conjunction with the first blade tip. A surgical resection device may include a blade body, stationary with respect to the handle, moveably interfaced to the first blade tip and second blade ...