ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,065, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Method of treating tissue using end effector with ultrasonic and electrosurgical features" was invented by Gregory W. Johnson (Minneapolis), Jason R. Lesko (Cincinnati), Frederick L. Estera (Cincinnati), Amy M. Krumm (Cincinnati), Catherine A. Corbett (Cincinnati), William B. Weisenburgh II (Maineville, Ohio), Barry C. Worrell (Centerville, Ohio), Mark A. Davison (Maineville, Ohio), Chad P. Boudreaux (Cincinnati), John A. Hibner (Mason, Ohio), Nathan Cummings (Worcester, Mass.), Ellen Burkart (Cincinnati), William D. Dannaher (Cincinnati), Christina M. Hough (Cincinnati), Joseph Isosaki (Cincinna...