US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International? on April 15 for "Motor optimization by minimization of parasitic losses and tuning motor drive configuration" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,440, issued on April 15, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International? (Zug, Switzerland).

"Motor optimization by minimization of parasitic losses and tuning motor drive configuration" was invented by Shane R. Adams (Lebanon, Ohio), Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Matthew D. Cowperthwait (Cincinnati), Nicholas J. Ross (Franklin, Ohio), Kevin M. Fiebig (Cincinnati) and Eric B. LaFay (Madeira, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powered surgical instrument disclosed. The instrument includes a first circuit portion operable at a first voltage level, a second circuit portion operable at a second voltage level, a voltage source to...