US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Nov. 11 for "Ultrasonic surgical instrument with transducer slip joint" (Ohio, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,388, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Ultrasonic surgical instrument with transducer slip joint" was invented by Eric Roberson (Cincinnati), James E. Borgelt (New Albany, Ind.) and Douglas E. McCartin (New Albany, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument for use during a surgical procedure includes an instrument body, an ultrasonic transducer assembly extending along a longitudinal axis, a power cord, and a transducer slip joint. The ultrasonic transducer assembly is rotatably mounted within the instrument body about the longitudinal axis and defines a first outer profi...