US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Aug. 11 for "Techniques for circuit topologies for combined generator" (Ohio, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,466, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Techniques for circuit topologies for combined generator" was invented by Eitan T. Wiener (Cincinnati), David C. Yates (Morrow, Ohio), Ryan M. Asher (Cincinnati), John A. Hibner (Mason, Ohio) and John E. Hein (Neenah, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a method for managing radio frequency (RF) and ultrasonic signals output by a generator that includes a surgical instrument comprising an RF energy output and an ultrasonic energy output and a circuit configured to receive a combined RF and ultrasonic signal from the generator. The method...