ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,182, issued on March 18, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).
"Surgical tool positioning based on sensed parameters" was invented by Chad E. Eckert (Milford, Ohio), Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, Ohio) and Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, and methods are provided in which movement of a tool is controlled based on sensed parameters. In one embodiment, an electromechanical tool is provided having an instrument shaft and an end effector formed thereon. The electromechanical tool is configured to be mounted on an electromechanical arm, and the electromechanical ...