US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Jan. 20 for "Surgical instrument comprising a firing drive including a selectable leverage mechanism" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,571, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Surgical instrument comprising a firing drive including a selectable leverage mechanism" was invented by Shane R. Adams (Lebanon, Ohio) and Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument comprising a firing drive including a leverage selection mechanism is disclosed."

The patent was filed on Oct. 3, 2023, under Application No. 18/376,252.

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