US Patent Issued to TORNIER on Oct. 20 for "Orthopedic reamer for bone preparation, particularly glenoid preparation" (French, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,882, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to TORNIER SAS (France).

"Orthopedic reamer for bone preparation, particularly glenoid preparation" was invented by Matthew J. Purdy (Winona Lake, Ind.), Lucile Ferrand (Montbonnot, France) and Pierric Deransart (Saint Martin d'uriage, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthopedic milling burr includes a hub, wherein the burr is configured for rotation about an axis of the hub, the hub including: a bore adapted to receive an orthopedic guide pin, wherein the bore is centered on the axis of the hub and passes axially through the hub; a transverse slot that extends axially through the hub's le...