US Patent Issued to Stryker Puerto Rico on Nov. 3 for "Flexible drill bit and angled drill guide for use with the same" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,598, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Stryker Puerto Rico LLC (San Juan, Puerto Rico).

"Flexible drill bit and angled drill guide for use with the same" was invented by J. Brook Burley (Mountain View, Calif.) and Jeremy Graul (Elk Grove, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexible drill bit comprising: a proximal shaft portion for connecting to a source of turning; a distal cutting tip portion for boring into a material; and an intermediate shaft portion extending between the proximal shaft portion and the distal cutting tip portion, the intermediate shaft portion being characterized by (i) sufficient longitudinal flexibility so...