US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on April 8 for "Surgical instruments" (Ohio, South Carolina, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,900, issued on April 8, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Surgical instruments" was invented by Eitan T. Wiener (Cincinnati), Kenneth S. Kramer (Trabuco Canyon, Calif.), Foster B. Stulen (Johns Island, S.C.) and Kevin L Houser (Springboro, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical device. The surgical device may comprise a transducer, an end effector, a generator and a control circuit. The transducer may be configured to provide vibrations. The end effector may be coupled to the transducer and may extend from the transducer along the longitudinal axis. The generator may provide an electrical signal to...