US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on June 17 for "Surgical system with wireless array for power and data transfer" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,379, issued on June 17, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Surgical system with wireless array for power and data transfer" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Shane R. Adams (Lebanon, Ohio) and Kevin M. Fiebig (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument comprises a shaft and an end effector extending from the shaft, the end effector comprising a staple cartridge comprising: a cartridge deck, a cartridge body, and a cartridge antenna supported by the cartridge body; a longitudinal channel, comprising: a base, a first wall extending from the base, a second wall ext...