ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,152, issued on June 3, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).
"Computer implemented interactive surgical systems" was invented by Eitan T. Wiener (Cincinnati), Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, Ohio), Daniel W. Price (Loveland, Ohio) and David C. Yates (Morrow, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical hub is for use with a surgical instrument configured to deliver therapeutic energy to tissue at a surgical site of a surgical procedure. The surgical hub comprises: a hub enclosure, comprising a docking station including a docking port comprising data and power contacts; and ...