US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on April 15 for "Systems and methods for controlling motor velocity of a surgical stapling and cutting instrument according to articulation angle of end effector" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,438, issued on April 15, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Systems and methods for controlling motor velocity of a surgical stapling and cutting instrument according to articulation angle of end effector" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), David C. Yates (Morrow, Ohio) and Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motorized surgical instrument is disclosed. The surgical instrument includes a displacement member, a motor, a control circuit, and a position sensor. The displacement member is configured to translate. The motor is coupled to the displacement member t...