ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,720, issued on May 26, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).
"Surgical saw blade and thermal management system" was invented by Jeffrey Karl (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Girish Karve (Portage, Mich.) and Amanda Kingman (Phoenix).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical saw blade thermal management system including a saw blade and blade mount. The saw blade including a cutting edge, a proximal portion, and a body portion. The cutting edge has teeth and is substantially formed of a first material having a first thermal conductivity. The proximal portion includes a blade hub. The body portion disposed between and connecting the cutting ...