US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on July 28 for "Ultrasonic surgical instrument with axisymmetric clamping" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,882, issued on July 28, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Ultrasonic surgical instrument with axisymmetric clamping" was invented by Morgan R. Hunter (Cincinnati) and Brian D. Black (Loveland, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument includes an end effector, and a shaft assembly. The end effector includes an ultrasonic blade, a rotating body, and a clamp arm movable between an open and a closed position. The shaft assembly extends along an axis and includes clamp arm clocking assembly and a clamp arm pivot assembly. The clamp arm clocking assembly can drive the rotating body and the clamp...