US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Jan. 28 for "Motor-driven surgical cutting instrument with electric actuator directional control assembly" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,835, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Motor-driven surgical cutting instrument with electric actuator directional control assembly" was invented by Ryan J. Laurent (Loveland, Ohio), Brett E. Swensgard (West Chester, Ohio) and Bret W. Smith (South Lebanon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor-driven surgical instrument that may comprise (i) a moveable drive member that is driven in a first direction when the electric motor operates in a first direction and that is driven in a second direction when the electric motor operates in a second direction. Movement of the drive member caus...