ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,877, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Olympus Medical Systems Corp. (Tokyo).
"Treatment device" was invented by Akira Miyazaki (Yokohama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A treatment device having a vibration source, a transmission rod, treatment blade, and a jaw piece attached to a movable handle is disclosed. The treatment device is equipped with ultrasonic transducers which includes piezoelectric elements converting electrical power into ultrasonic vibrations. The ultrasonic vibrations are transmitted along the transmission members to the treatment blade that vibrates at ultrasonic frequencies to cut and/or seal tissues. The j...