ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,264, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL (Zug, Switzerland).

"Evaluating operational capacity of a power surgical system" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Emily A. Schellin (Cincinnati) and Jerome R. Morgan (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for evaluating an operational capacity of a powered surgical system is disclosed. A sensor is configured to monitor an operational condition of the powered surgical system. A control circuit is configured to receive the operational condition of the powered surgical system from the sensor, store the received operational ...