US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on March 4 for "Method of using reinforced flexible circuits with multiple sensors to optimize performance of radio frequency devices" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,320, issued on March 4, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Method of using reinforced flexible circuits with multiple sensors to optimize performance of radio frequency devices" was invented by David C. Yates (Morrow, Ohio), Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio) and Jason L. Harris (Loveland, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method implemented by a surgical instrument is disclosed. The surgical instrument includes first and second jaws and a flexible circuit including multiple sensors to optimize performance of a radio frequency (RF) device. The flexible circuit includes at least one therapeutic el...