US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Dec. 9 for "Surgical system and methods of assembly and disassembly of surgical instrument" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,999, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Surgical system and methods of assembly and disassembly of surgical instrument" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Jacqueline C. Aronhalt (Loveland, Ohio), Shane R. Adams (Lebanon, Ohio), Taylor W. Aronhalt (Loveland, Ohio) and Cameron D. McLain (Deer Park, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical kit and related methods of assembly and disassembly include a surgical instrument having an end effector, a shaft assembly, and a body assembly. The surgical instrument includes a predetermined access portion configured to be at...