US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Dec. 16 for "Combination ultrasonic and electrosurgical instrument with clamp arm position input and method for identifying tissue state" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,114, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Combination ultrasonic and electrosurgical instrument with clamp arm position input and method for identifying tissue state" was invented by Phillip H. Clauda (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasonic surgical instrument and method for identifying tissue state and energizing the surgical instrument includes an end effector having an ultrasonic blade and an RF electrode, a shaft assembly, a body, and a power controller. A first ultrasonic energy input is configured to be actuated from a first unactuated energy input state to a first ac...