US Patent Issued to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL on Aug. 26 for "Surgical instrument with multiple interface configurations" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,724, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL (Zug, Switzerland).

"Surgical instrument with multiple interface configurations" was invented by Mark D. Overmyer (Cincinnati), Brett E. Swensgard (West Chester, Ohio), Shane R. Adams (Lebanon, Ohio), Thomas W. Lytle IV (Liberty Township, Ohio), Richard L. Leimbach (Cincinnati), Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio) and Kevin L. Houser (Springsboro, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument includes a handle assembly, an elongate shaft, an end effector, and control system having a processor and a memory. The handle assembly is movable between a plura...