US Patent Issued to Stryker on Oct. 6 for "Surgical drill bit having an identification feature" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,724, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Surgical drill bit having an identification feature" was invented by Steven J. Carusillo (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Rahul Sharma (Gurgaon, India), Brendan Schneider (Portage, Mich.) and Trevor Jonathan Lambert (Portage, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical drill bit assembly for use on a surgical drill. The surgical drill bit assembly includes a shank extending between a proximal end and a distal end along an axis. The surgical drill bit assembly also includes a cutting tip portion adjacent to the distal end of the shank. The surgical drill bit assembly also i...