US Patent Issued to Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision on Nov. 18 for "Apparatus, system and method of providing a surgical handpiece having an emulsifying tip capable of transverse and longitudinal motion" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,095, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Apparatus, system and method of providing a surgical handpiece having an emulsifying tip capable of transverse and longitudinal motion" was invented by Jacob Gee (Blanchester, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus, system and method for providing a surgical handpiece. The apparatus, system and method may include: an ultrasonic horn having an emulsifying needle at a distal end thereof; a plurality of piezoelements about a proximal end of the ultrasonic horn; a plurality of electrode segments comprising first sets of the electro...