US Patent Issued to Stryker on March 17 for "Ultrasonic surgical tool system including a tip capable of simultaneous longitudinal and torsional movement and a console capable of applying a drive signal to the tip so the tip engages in substantially torsional oscillations" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,848, issued on March 17, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Ultrasonic surgical tool system including a tip capable of simultaneous longitudinal and torsional movement and a console capable of applying a drive signal to the tip so the tip engages in substantially torsional oscillations" was invented by Adam Downey (Kalamazoo, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasonic tool system with a console and a tip that has a distal end that when vibrated vibrates both longitudinally and torsionally. The console applies a drive signal to the drivers that vibrate the tip that is at a longitudinal mechanical cancelation fre...