ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,502, issued on July 22, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).
"Articulation features for ultrasonic surgical instrument" was invented by Foster B. Stulen (Johns Island, S.C.), David A. Monroe (Milford, Ohio), William B. Weisenburgh II (Maineville, Ohio), Richard C. Smith (Milford, Ohio), Ashvani K. Madan (Mason, Ohio), Craig T. Davis (Cincinnati), Barry C. Worrell (Maineville, Ohio), Benjamin D. Dickerson (San Francisco), Chad P. Boudreaux (Cincinnati), Geoffrey S. Strobl (Williamsburg, Ohio), Thomas C. Gallmeyer (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Amy L. Sitler (Cincinnati), Tylor C. Muhlenkamp (Cincinnati), Sean P. Conlon (Loveland, Ohio) and John A. Hibner (Mason, Ohio)....