US Patent Issued to Zimmer on Jan. 27 for "Chuck system for a powered surgical impactor" (Spanish, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,171, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Zimmer Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).

"Chuck system for a powered surgical impactor" was invented by James Grimm (Winona Lake, Ind.), Alexander Slocum (Bow, N.H.), Canan Ciesielski (Warsaw, Ind.), Salvador Torres (Valencia, Spain), Pedro Luis Moreno Delgado (Logrono, Spain) and Jaime Rodenas (Cartagena, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chuck for a powered surgical impactor can include a first body insertable into the powered surgical impactor and defining a first bit bore, a second body adapted to receive the first body; and a third body receivable at least partially within the second body and defi...