US Patent Issued to Stryker European Operations on Dec. 2 for "Ultrasonic surgical assembly with air cooling broad knife and irrigation sleeve" (Irish, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,925, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Stryker European Operations Ltd. (Carrigtwohill, Ireland).

"Ultrasonic surgical assembly with air cooling broad knife and irrigation sleeve" was invented by Guillaume Gras (Bienne, Switzerland), Daniel Henderson (County Cork, Ireland) and Conor McCarthy (County Cork, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasonic surgical assembly for use with a surgical handpiece to provide air cooling of an ultrasonic tip. An ultrasonic tip comprises a shaft and a cutting portion. The tip comprises a first side and a second side that are substantially planar and a cutting head. The tip is removably couple...