US Patent Issued to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL on April 15 for "Methods for controlling a surgical stapler" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,443, issued on April 15, was assigned to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL (Zug, Switzerland).

"Methods for controlling a surgical stapler" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, Ohio), Chad P. Boudreaux (Cincinnati), Gregory J. Bakos (Mason, Ohio) and Chester O. Baxter (Loveland, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling a powered surgical stapler that includes an end effector with jaws that are movable between an open and a closed position and a firing member that is movable between a starting position and an ending position within the end effector. The jaws and firing member a...