US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Oct. 7 for "Ultrasonic surgical instrument with opposing thread drive for end effector articulation" (Ohio, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,630, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Ultrasonic surgical instrument with opposing thread drive for end effector articulation" was invented by John A. Hibner (Mason, Ohio), Rudolph H. Nobis (Mason, Ohio) and Benjamin J. Danziger (Kenmore, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus comprises a body assembly, a shaft assembly, an end effector, an articulation section, and an articulation control assembly. The end effector is located at a distal end of the shaft assembly and comprises an ultrasonic blade. The articulation section is coupled with the shaft assembly and is operable to a...