ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,596, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to REACH SURGICAL INC. (Tianjin, China).
"Ultrasonic surgical instrument" was invented by Qiang Yang (Tianjin, China), Fengxian Zheng (Tianjin, China), Yanyang Lei (Tianjin, China), Xiaoyun Fan (Tianjin, China) and Sandong Li (Tianjin, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasonic surgical instrument includes a waveguide for transmitting ultrasonic energy, the distal end of the waveguide connected to a blade; a jaw member pivotable with respect to the blade; an inner tube sleeved on the waveguide; and an outer tube sleeved on the inner tube. The jaw member is pivotally connected to the distal...