US Patent Issued to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL on April 29 for "Feedback algorithms for manual bailout systems for surgical instruments" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,166, issued on April 29, was assigned to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL (Zug, Switzerland).

"Feedback algorithms for manual bailout systems for surgical instruments" was invented by Richard L. Leimbach (Cincinnati), Shane R. Adams (Lebanon, Ohio), Mark D. Overmyer (Cincinnati), Brett E. Swensgard (West Chester, Ohio), Thomas W. Lytle IV (Liberty Township, Ohio), Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio) and Kevin L. Houser (Springboro, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a surgical instrument including an end effector, a drive member movable to effectuate a motion in said end effector, a motor operable to mov...