US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Jan. 13 for "Robotically-driven surgical instrument with e-beam driver" (Ohio, Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,116, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Robotically-driven surgical instrument with e-beam driver" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Michael E. Setser (Burlington, Ky.), Kevin R. Doll (Mason, Ohio) and Jerome R. Morgan (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical stapling instrument is disclosed. The surgical stapling instrument comprises an end effector attachable to an elongate shaft by an articulation joint. The surgical stapling instrument also comprises a longitudinally movable firing assembly comprising a firing bar and a firing member. The surgical...