US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Sept. 15 for "Shielding features for ultrasonic blade of a surgical instrument" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,375, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Shielding features for ultrasonic blade of a surgical instrument" was invented by Michael J. Stokes (Cincinnati), Jacob S. Gee (Cincinnati), Kevin D. Felder (Cincinnati), Tylor C. Muhlenkamp (Cincinnati), Patrick J. Scoggins (Loveland, Ohio), Craig N. Faller (Batavia, Ohio), Jeffrey D. Messerly (Cincinnati), David J. Cagle (Cincinnati) and William B. Weisenburgh II (Maineville, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus comprises a body, a shaft assembly, an end effector, and a shield member. The shaft assembly extends distally from the body...