ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,267, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Robotically powered surgical device with manually-actuatable reversing system" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical tool for use with a robotic system that includes a tool drive assembly that is operatively coupled to a control unit of the robotic system that is operable by inputs from an operator and is configured to robotically-generate output motions. A drive system is configured to interface with a corresponding portion of the tool drive assembly for receiving the robotically-generate...