US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Dec. 30 for "Mechanisms for compensating for drivetrain failure in powered surgical instruments" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,025, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Mechanisms for compensating for drivetrain failure in powered surgical instruments" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Mark D. Overmyer (Cincinnati), David C. Yates (Morrow, Ohio) and Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for assessing performance of a surgical instrument including one or more drivetrains is disclosed. The method includes sensing via one or more vibration sensors vibrations generated during operation of the one or more drivetrains of the surgical instrument, generating an outp...