US Patent Issued to Stryker European Operations Holdings on May 27 for "Ultrasonic cutting tip for lumbar procedures" (Irish, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,614, issued on May 27, was assigned to Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC (Portage, Mich.).

"Ultrasonic cutting tip for lumbar procedures" was invented by Guillaume Gras (Bienne, Switzerland) and Conor McCarthy (Cork, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasonic tip and methods of operating the same. The ultrasonic tip comprises a shaft including a base and a flexible body. The body comprises a first portion and a second portion. The body is coupled to the base at the first portion and extends from the first portion to the second portion along a longitudinal axis. The second portion includes a cutting portion comprising...