Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Knife Designs For End Effectors Used In Surgical Tools' Filed by Cilag Gmbh International

MUMBAI, India, Oct. 31 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517094033 A) filed by Cilag Gmbh International, Zug, Switzerland, on Sept. 30, for 'knife designs for end effectors used in surgical tools.'

Inventor(s) include Fischer, Austin Michael; Zhang, Guowei John; Kolpitcke, Andrew; Hsu, Wei-Liang; and Chiang, Pei-Lieh.

The application for the patent was published on Oct. 31, under issue no. 44/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A surgical tool includes a drive housing having opposing distal and proximal ends, first and second drive cable capstans arranged within the drive housing and asymmetrically aligned between the distal and proximal ends, a first drive cab...