US Patent Issued to Misonix on Oct. 7 for "Ultrasonic surgical instrument and method for manufacturing same" (New York, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,629, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Misonix LLC (Farmingdale, N.Y.).

"Ultrasonic surgical instrument and method for manufacturing same" was invented by Dan Voic (Cedar Grove, N.J.) and Scott Isola (Deer Park, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasonic surgical instrument comprises a cylindrical shaft and a blade at a distal or free end of the shaft, the blade being unitary and continuous with the shaft, without an intervening joint. The shaft has a longitudinal axis and the blade includes a flat or planar blade body with a proximal end eccentrically disposed relative to the shaft axis. Thus, the blade body or at least a prox...