US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on March 24 for "Surgical instrument with selector" (Ohio, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,431, issued on March 24, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Surgical instrument with selector" was invented by Paul F. Riestenberg (North Bend, Ohio), Benjamin M. Boyd (Fairborn, Ohio), Jacob S. Gee (Cincinnati), Craig N. Faller (Batavia, Ohio), Charles J. Scheib (Loveland, Ohio), Thomas C. Gallmeyer (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Katelynn Kramer (Cincinnati), Ryan M. Asher (Cincinnati), Tylor C. Muhlenkamp (Cincinnati), Geoffrey S. Strobl (Williamsburg, Ohio) and David A. Monroe (Milford, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasonic instrument includes a body, an actuation assembly, a shaft assembly, and an end...