US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on March 17 for "Ultrasonic surgical instruments having offset blades" (Ohio, Minnesota, South Carolina, Montana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,849, issued on March 17, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Ultrasonic surgical instruments having offset blades" was invented by Jeffrey D. Messerly (Cincinnati), Cory G. Kimball (Hamilton, Ohio), William E. Clem (Bozeman, Mont.), Gregory W. Johnson (Minneapolis), Frederick L. Estera (Cincinnati), William B. Weisenburgh II (Maineville, Ohio) and Foster B. Stulen (Johns Island, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Ultrasonic surgical instruments having angularly and/or linearly off-set blades are described. The angularly and/or linearly off-set blades may facilitate increased surgical site access, visibilit...