ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,594, issued on June 10, was assigned to Medtronic Xomed Inc. (Jacksonville, Fla.).
"Ultrasonic bone cutting device with integrated sensing" was invented by Manfred K. Luedi (Jacksonville, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Surgical instruments with ultrasonic cutting and sensing capabilities, as well as related systems and methods, are disclosed herein. In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a surgical instrument including a housing; an ultrasonic transducer contained in the housing and capable of acting as an ultrasonic receiver; an output member at least partially received in the housing and configured to be driven by the ...