US Patent Issued to Covidien on Sept. 16 for "Devices, systems, and methods of manufacturing fluid-cooled ultrasonic surgical instruments" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,793, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Devices, systems, and methods of manufacturing fluid-cooled ultrasonic surgical instruments" was invented by Matthew S. Cowley (Frederick, Colo.), David J. Van Tol (Boulder, Colo.) and Michael B. Lyons (Boulder, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasonic surgical system includes a waveguide defining first and second longitudinal lumens extending through at least a portion of a length of the waveguide. A distal transverse lumen is defined within the waveguide transversely through at least a portion of the waveguide to intersect and interconnect the firs...