US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on June 24 for "Smart cartridge wake up operation and data retention" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,709, issued on June 24, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Smart cartridge wake up operation and data retention" was invented by Daniel L. Baber (West Chester, Ohio), Jeffrey S. Swayze (West Chester, Ohio), Andrew T. Beckman (Cincinnati) and Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An end effector for use with a surgical stapling instrument is disclosed. The end effector comprises a first jaw, a second jaw movable relative to the first jaw to grasp tissue therebetween, and a staple cartridge. The staple cartridge comprises staples deployable into the tissue. The end effector f...