ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,939, issued on July 29, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).
"Ultrasonic surgical blades" was invented by David A. Witt (Maineville, Ohio), Jeffrey D. Messerly (Cincinnati) and Kevin L. Houser (Springboro, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasonic surgical blade includes a body having a proximal end, a distal end, and an outer surface. The distal end is movable relative to a longitudinal axis in accordance with ultrasonic vibrations applied to the proximal end. At least a portion of the outer surface of the body comprises a lubricious coating adhered thereto. The lubricious coating has a coefficient of...