US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on June 3 for "Ultrasonic surgical instrument with a clamp arm clocking assembly" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,108, issued on June 3, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Ultrasonic surgical instrument with a clamp arm clocking assembly" was invented by Jeffrey L. Clark (Maineville, Ohio), Morgan R. Hunter (Cincinnati), Brian D. Black (Loveland, Ohio) and Thomas B. Remm (Milford, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument includes an end effector having a clamp arm pivotable relative to an ultrasonic blade, an articulation section configured to deflect the end effector, an acoustic waveguide having a distal portion extending along an axis, a clamp arm closure assembly comprising a body configured to actu...