ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,914, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).
"Ultrasonic surgical instruments for detecting wear in jaw liner" was invented by Michael B. Lyons (Boulder, Colo.), David J. Van Tol (Boulder, Colo.), Kenneth E. Netzel (Loveland, Colo.), Matthew S. Cowley (Frederick, Colo.), Keith W. Malang (Longmont, Colo.) and Richard L. Croft (Mead, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An end effector assembly of an ultrasonic surgical instrument includes an ultrasonic blade configured to mechanically couple to an ultrasonic transducer configured to transmit ultrasonic vibration energy to the ultrasonic blade and a jaw membe...