US Patent Issued to Stryker European Operations Holdings on July 14 for "Surgical sagittal blade cartridge with a reinforced guide bar" (Irish, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,172, issued on July 14, was assigned to Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC (Portage, Mich.).

"Surgical sagittal blade cartridge with a reinforced guide bar" was invented by Conor Mac An Tuile (Muine Bheag, Ireland) and James G. Walen (Portage, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical sagittal saw cartridge that includes a guide bar formed from an inner plate and opposed outer plates, the inner plate defining a head. The cartridge has a blade that is disposed against the head of the inner plate. The inner plate may comprise an inner tine and/or two opposed outer tines. The inner tine may be formed to define the head again...