US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on April 22 for "Cable-driven actuation system for robotic surgical tool attachment" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,845, issued on April 22, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Cable-driven actuation system for robotic surgical tool attachment" was invented by Paul Moubarak (West Chester, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical end effector assembly is disclosed. The surgical end effector assembly comprises a shaft, an end effector comprising a first jaw and a second jaw movable relative to the first jaw, and an articulation joint attaching the end effector to the shaft, wherein the articulation joint defines an articulation axis about which said end effector is articulatable relative to the shaft. The articulation ...