US Patent Issued to Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision on Sept. 15 for "Surgical handpiece for providing transverse and longitudinal motion to a surgical tip" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,068, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Surgical handpiece for providing transverse and longitudinal motion to a surgical tip" was invented by Jacob Gee (Blanchester, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus, system and method for providing a surgical handpiece. The apparatus, system and method may include: an ultrasonic horn having an emulsifying needle at a distal end thereof; a plurality of piezoelements about a proximal end of the ultrasonic horn; a plurality of flexible electrode segments comprising first sets of the electrode segments atop each of the piezoelem...