US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Feb. 4 for "Surgical instrument with removable cable and associated couplings" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,218,459, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Surgical instrument with removable cable and associated couplings" was invented by Robert N. Carranza (Milford, Ohio) and Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical device and method of processing includes a cable and a first adapter. The adapter includes a body, an electrical contact connected to the cable, and an engagement assembly. The engagement assembly includes a latch coupling or a communication coupling. The latch coupling is movable between a locked and an unlocked position and includes a catch member....