US Patent Issued to Misonix on Sept. 2 for "Serrated ultrasonic cutting blade with varied tooth pitch" (New York, Florida, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,905, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Misonix LLC (Farmingdale, N.Y.).

"Serrated ultrasonic cutting blade with varied tooth pitch" was invented by Elad Levy (Amherst, N.Y.), Timothy O'Connor (Boca Raton, Fla.) and Dan Voic (Cedar Grove, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasonic blade is provided along a convexly arcuate distal edge and at least one longitudinal edge with a continuous array of teeth including a first subset of teeth along the convexly arcuate distal edge and a second subset of teeth along the at least one straight longitudinal edge. The teeth along the convexly arcuate distal edge differ in tooth length and ...