US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on June 24 for "Method of operating a combination ultrasonic / bipolar RF surgical device with a combination energy modality end-effector" (Ohio, New Jersey, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,747, issued on June 24, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Method of operating a combination ultrasonic / bipolar RF surgical device with a combination energy modality end-effector" was invented by John M. Sarley (Mason, Ohio), Chad P. Boudreaux (Cincinnati), Tyler N. Brehm (Cincinnati), Ellen E. Burkart (Liberty Township, Ohio), Jeffrey D. Messerly (Cincinnati), Craig N. Faller (Batavia, Ohio), Robert S. Bishop (Cincinnati), Michael A. Keenan (Cincinnati), William A. Olson (Lebanon, Ohio), Richard W. Flaker (Fairfield, Ohio), Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Frederick L. Estera (Cincinnati), Bruce Brunson Jr. (Cincinnati), Guion Y. Lucas (Cinc...