US Patent Issued to BAUSCH & LOMB on Sept. 23 for "Ultrasonic surgical aspiration needle assembly with molded hub" (Missouri, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,784, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to BAUSCH & LOMB Inc. (Rochester, N.Y.).

"Ultrasonic surgical aspiration needle assembly with molded hub" was invented by Brian D. McCary (Clayton, Mo.) and Todd Smith (Sharpsburg, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical needle assembly for attachment to an ultrasonic handpiece includes an elongated metal cannula having a distal end and a proximal end. A hub is insert molded onto the cannula generally towards the cannula proximal end and formed from a material having an ultimate strength at least twice a peak cyclical stress force at a joint between the elongated metal cannula and the hub ...