US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on June 10 for "Method of powering and communicating with a staple cartridge" (Ohio, Louisiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,580, issued on June 10, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Method of powering and communicating with a staple cartridge" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Patrick L. Creamer (New Orleans), Shane R. Adams (Lebanon, Ohio) and Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for sensing tissue data and managing processing power is disclosed."

The patent was filed on Feb. 26, 2021, under Application No. 17/186,273.

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