US Patent Issued to Stryker on Sept. 8 for "Method of making an ultrasonic surgical instrument assembly" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,904, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Method of making an ultrasonic surgical instrument assembly" was invented by Megan James (Portage, Mich.) and Marc Arthur (Rivers Junction, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Ultrasonic surgical instrument assemblies and methods of making ultrasonic surgical instrument assemblies. A single piece carrier defining first and second lumens extending between proximal and distal regions of the single piece carrier is provided. The first lumen includes an irrigation conduit and the second lumen is sized to receive a vibratory component of the ultrasonic surgical inst...