US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Jan. 27 for "Circularity systems and methods for harmonic vessel sealers" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,204, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Circularity systems and methods for harmonic vessel sealers" was invented by John A. Hibner (Mason, Ohio), David Monroe (Cincinnati) and Thomas B. Remm (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of replacing a surgical tool consumable, the surgical tool including a drive housing containing an ultrasonic transducer, a shaft extending distally from the drive housing, an end effector coupled to the shaft and including a blade operatively coupled to the ultrasonic transducer and extending from drive housing within the shaft, and a clamp assembl...