US Patent Issued to Stryker on Sept. 1 for "Set screw retaining driver" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,664, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Set screw retaining driver" was invented by Michael Barrus (Redondo Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool (100) for use with a fastener includes a drive shaft (110) extending along a longitudinal axis (X) from a proximal end (102) to a distal end (104). The tool has an engaging tip (122) at the distal end (104) of the drive shaft (110) sized and shaped to detachably engage a fastener such that the engaging tip (122) is rotationally fixed to the fastener when the engaging tip (122) is engaged with the fastener. The tool (100) further includes a comp...