ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,930, issued on March 25, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).
"Robotically-driven surgical instrument with E-beam driver" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Michael E. Setser (Burlington, Ky.), Kevin R. Doll (Mason, Ohio) and Jerome R. Morgan (Cincinnati).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical severing and stapling instrument, suitable for laparoscopic and endoscopic clinical procedures, clamps tissue within an end effector of an elongate channel pivotally opposed by an anvil. Various embodiments are configured to be operably attached to a robotic system to receive actuation/control ...