ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,139, issued on June 23, was assigned to Misonix LLC (Farmingdale, N.Y.).
"Sheaths for ultrasonic surgical devices, and systems, components, and methods thereof" was invented by Dan M. Voic (Cedar Grove, N.J.) and Scott S. Isola (Deer Park, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, a sheath assembly may include a deformable sheath disposable around an ultrasonic probe including a curved section. The deformable sheath can include a deformable section configured to deform according to the curved section of the ultrasonic probe. The sheath assembly further includes one or more rigid sections coupleable to the deformable sh...