US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on June 3 for "Handpiece and blade configurations for ultrasonic surgical instrument" (Ohio, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,107, issued on June 3, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Handpiece and blade configurations for ultrasonic surgical instrument" was invented by Craig N. Faller (Batavia, Ohio), Ryan M. Asher (Cincinnati), John B. Schulte (West Chester, Ohio), Randal T. Byrum (Mason, Ohio), Jose D. Vasquez (Cincinnati), Thomas C. Gallmeyer (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Benjamin M. Boyd (Fairborn, Ohio), Amy L Marcotte (Mason, Ohio), Jacob S. Gee (Cincinnati), Jonathan T. Batross (Cincinnati) and Jeffrey D. Messerly (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical apparatus comprises a body, an ultrasonic transducer, a shaft, and ...