US Patent Issued to Stryker on Sept. 22 for "Bone milling module with locking mechanism and related systems" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,874, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Bone milling module with locking mechanism and related systems" was invented by Robin B. W. Babaris (Portage, Mich.), Aaron Levi Hoffmann (Plainwell, Mich.), Matthew Glenn Leclercq (Delton, Mich.) and Jason James Wroblewski (Portage, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A milling module for converting bone stock into bone chips comprises a shell adapted for removeable attachment to a base module including a motor. The shell comprises a body, a milling element, a lid, and a locking element. The milling element for converting bone stock into bone chips is movabl...