US Patent Issued to Purdue Research Foundation on July 21 for "Tunable mechanical resonator for high-precision cutting of biological tissue" (Indiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,467, issued on July 21, was assigned to Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Ind.).

"Tunable mechanical resonator for high-precision cutting of biological tissue" was invented by Meng Cui (West Lafayette, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses for cutting tissue include an oscillator assembly and a clamp. The oscillator assembly defines a resonance frequency and includes a frame, an excitation element, and a blade. The frame has an upper portion and a lower portion, and the lower portion is configured to oscillate relative to the upper portion. The excitation element is coupled with the lower portion of the frame, and...