US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on April 8 for "Surgical stapler cartridge with integrated RFID feature" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,388, issued on April 8, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Surgical stapler cartridge with integrated RFID feature" was invented by Kevin M. Fiebig (Cincinnati), Nicholas Fanelli (Morrow, Ohio), Shane R. Adams (Lebanon, Ohio) and Taylor W. Aronhalt (Loveland, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A staple cartridge including a cartridge body and a first RFID feature. The cartridge body defines a longitudinal axis extending from a proximal end to a distal end of the cartridge body. The cartridge body is configured to be received within a jaw of a surgical stapler. The cartridge body also defines a plurality of...