US Patent Issued to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL on Aug. 26 for "Ultrasonic blade and clamp arm alignment features" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,748, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL (Zug, Switzerland).

"Ultrasonic blade and clamp arm alignment features" was invented by Morgan R. Hunter (Cincinnati), Brian D. Black (Loveland, Ohio), Thomas B. Remm (Milford, Ohio) and Karl W. Mueller (Loveland, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument includes an end effector, a shaft assembly, and an axial location feature. The end effector includes an ultrasonic blade and a clamp arm that can move between an open and closed position. The shaft assembly includes a proximal shaft portion, an acoustic waveguide extending proximally from the ultrasonic...