US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Feb. 4 for "Motorized system having a plurality of power sources" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,671, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Motorized system having a plurality of power sources" was invented by David C. Yates (Morrow, Ohio) and Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical system comprising a surgical instrument and a plurality of power sources is disclosed. The surgical instrument comprises an end effector and a motor to drive a firing motion at the end effector. The end effector comprises a first jaw and a second jaw, the second jaw moveable relative to the first jaw from an open position toward a closed position to capture tissue the...