ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,123, issued on March 18.
"Ultrasonic surgical handpiece assembly related applications" was invented by Colin Drewek (Marysville, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an ultrasonic surgical handpiece assembly comprising a surgical handpiece for use with an irrigation sleeve and ultrasonic tip. The surgical handpiece may comprise a piezoelectric transducer disposed within a housing and configured to manipulate the ultrasonic tip. One or more lumens and/or a flex circuit including an antenna may be disposed within the surgical handpiece housing. The lumen(s) may be configured to provide irrigation and/...