US Patent Issued to SPECTRANETICS on June 2 for "Calibrated power-driven surgical cutting device" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,551, issued on June 2, was assigned to SPECTRANETICS LLC (Colorado Springs, Colo.).

"Calibrated power-driven surgical cutting device" was invented by Weston H. Lee (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Ryan Michael Sotak (Colorado Springs, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices for removing implanted objects from body vessels are provided. A device includes a sheath assembly having a cutting tip. The cutting tip includes a cutting surface that is adapted to cut tissue coupled to an implanted object as the cutting tip rotates. The sheath assembly further includes an outer shield carried outside of the cutting tip. The outer shield includ...