ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,912, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to BOSONIC AG (Bern, Switzerland).
"Device and method for treating tissue" was invented by Jorg Mayer (Niederlenz, Switzerland), Andre Schwery (Biberist, Switzerland), Loic Sottas (Lausanne, Switzerland) and Dominique Neuhaus (Zurich, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sonotrode includes a stem extending along a longitudinal axis and a cap configured to carry out an ablative process on tissue using mechanical oscillation. The cap has at least one portion that protrudes further in a radial direction than the stem, and the at least one portion has at least one sharp rim. A surface of the c...