ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,252, issued on June 2, was assigned to DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Dalian, China).

"Three-dimensional ultrasonic elliptical vibration cutting device" was invented by Zhigang Dong (Dalian, China), Renke Kang (Dalian, China), Sen Yin (Dalian, China), Yan'an Pan (Dalian, China) and Yan Bao (Dalian, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional ultrasonic elliptical vibration cutting device has a two-dimensional ultrasonic vibration transducer, an asymmetric ultrasonic horn, and a cutter. The cutter is installed at the output end of the asymmetric ultrasonic horn, the two-dimensional ultrasonic vibration transducer is used...