ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,571, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).
"Surgical instrument" was invented by Daniel W. Price (Loveland, Ohio), Kevin L. Houser (Springboro, Ohio), Jeffrey D. Messerly (Cincinnati) and Foster B. Stulen (Johns Island, S.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a surgical instrument comprises an articulable waveguide. The articulable waveguide may be configured to transmit ultrasonic energy therealong. The articulable waveguide comprises a proximal drive section, an end effector and a first flexible. The proximal drive section is configured to couple to an ultrasonic transducer. ...