US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on April 22 for "Selectable jaw closure of a robotic surgical system" (Ohio, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,840, issued on April 22, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Selectable jaw closure of a robotic surgical system" was invented by Christopher A. Denzinger (Cincinnati), Mark D. Overmyer (Cincinnati), Charles J. Scheib (Loveland, Ohio), Neil T. Markwardt (Redwood City, Calif.) and Brian D. Black (Loveland, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument includes an end effector, a shaft assembly, a drive, and an activating mechanism. The end effector includes first and second jaws. At least one of the first and second jaws is pivotable relative to the other of the first and second jaws between open a...