ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,676, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Adaptive control of operating room systems" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Kevin M. Fiebig (Cincinnati) and Taylor W. Aronhalt (Loveland, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Adaptive control of operating room systems is performed based upon monitored data associated with the operating room. Monitoring systems may collect data regarding the patient being treated in the operating room, the healthcare professionals participating in the surgical procedure, and/or the environment in the operating room. The collected data, refe...