US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Dec. 30 for "Method for calibrating movements of actuated members of powered surgical stapler" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,029, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Method for calibrating movements of actuated members of powered surgical stapler" was invented by Shane R. Adams (Lebanon, Ohio), Thomas E. Adams (Loveland, Ohio), Nicholas J. Ross (Franklin, Ohio) and Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for operating a powered surgical stapler having a motor unit, a controller, and a stapling assembly having a plurality of movable members that are actuatable longitudinally by the motor unit to clamp, staple, and cut tissue. The controller determines that a mo...