ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,108, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).
"Sleeve for rotary surgical instrument" was invented by Patrick Cushen (Cork, Ireland) and Eoin Connolly (Dublin).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An instrument sleeve is provided for use with a surgical rotary instrument having a tube extending to a distal tube end, and a cutting accessory having a head and a shank extending from the head adapted to be rotatably supported by the tube of the rotary instrument. The instrument sleeve comprises a sleeve body extending between proximal and distal sleeve portions, a first lumen for receiving at least a portion of the tub...