ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,955, issued on March 25, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Surgical devices and systems with rotating end effector assemblies having an ultrasonic blade" was invented by Chad P. Boudreaux (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Surgical devices and systems having rotating end effector assemblies for treating tissue are provided. Methods for using the same are also provided."

The patent was filed on Feb. 10, 2023, under Application No. 18/167,160.

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