US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Feb. 25 for "Systems and methods for controlling a segmented circuit" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,232,723, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Systems and methods for controlling a segmented circuit" was invented by Richard L. Leimbach (Cincinnati), Shane R. Adams (Lebanon, Ohio), Mark D. Overmyer (Cincinnati), Brett E. Swensgard (West Chester, Ohio), Thomas W. Lytle IV (Liberty Township, Ohio), Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio) and Kevin L. Houser (Springboro, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a method for controlling a surgical instrument. The method includes connecting a power assembly to a control circuit, wherein the power assembly is configur...