ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,111, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to STRYKER Corp. (Portage, Mich.).
"Polyaxial drill guide" was invented by Richard Clay Hales (Alpharetta, Ga.), Guixin Zhang (Atlanta) and Moriah Ellen Mattson (Marietta, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthopedic drill guide assembly is disclosed. The assembly can include an elongated shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, and a first guide member that includes a bone-contacting surface and a second surface opposite the bone-contacting surface. The first guide member is provided at the distal end of the elongated shaft. The first guide member includes one or more guide holes that ar...