ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,020, issued on May 26, was assigned to Zimmer Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).
"Angled pilot hole entry for orthopedic guide" was invented by Thomas R. Duquin (Warsaw, Ind.), Robert E Montgomery (Mishawaka, Ind.) and Robert Douglas Krebs (Warsaw, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device may include a cutting instrument configured to cut a bone of a patient with one or more cutting features. A device may include a guide configured to mount to the bone, the guide defining an aperture having a guide hole portion and a pilot hole portion, wherein the pilot hole portion is configured to initially receive a portion of the bone cutting instrument, a...