US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on April 29 for "Powered stapling device configured to adjust force, advancement speed, and overall stroke of cutting member based on sensed parameter of firing or clamping" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,185, issued on April 29, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Powered stapling device configured to adjust force, advancement speed, and overall stroke of cutting member based on sensed parameter of firing or clamping" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Gregory J. Bakos (Mason, Ohio), Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, Ohio) and Chester O. Baxter III (Loveland, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powered stapling device includes a circular stapling head assembly, an anvil, a trocar coupled to the anvil, and a motor also coupled to the trocar. The motor is configured to advance and retract the ...