US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on April 22 for "Surgical instruments with double spherical articulation joints with pivotable links" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,768, issued on April 22, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Surgical instruments with double spherical articulation joints with pivotable links" was invented by Spencer J. Witte (Los Altos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Surgical instruments with articulation joints that include an articulation linkage assembly comprising a plurality of links configured to operably interface with a proximal joint member for movable travel relative thereto in a first proximal travel path and a second proximal travel path that are transverse to each other. The plurality of links are further configured to operably interf...