US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on June 17 for "Method of hub communication with surgical instrument systems" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,467, issued on June 17, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Method of hub communication with surgical instrument systems" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio) and Jason L Harris (Lebanon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for downloading data from a surgical hub to a surgical instrument is disclosed. The method comprises assembling a first shaft assembly to a handle and downloading a first set of operational data from the surgical hub to the handle once the first shaft assembly is attached to the handle. The method further comprises assembling a second shaft assembly to the ha...