US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on July 29 for "Monitoring of multiple sensors over time to detect moving characteristics of tissue" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,909, issued on July 29, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Monitoring of multiple sensors over time to detect moving characteristics of tissue" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Taylor W. Aronhalt (Loveland, Ohio) and Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument includes a wireless transmission system for transmitting at least one of power and a data signal through between an end effector and an instrument housing of the surgical instrument. The surgical instrument includes the sensor monitoring and processing circuit."

The patent was filed on...