ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,575, issued on May 13, was assigned to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL (Zug, Switzerland).
"Surgical algorithms with incremental sensory actions" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, Ohio), Kevin M. Fiebig (Cincinnati), Matthew D. Cowperthwait (Cincinnati), Nicholas J. Ross (Franklin, Ohio) and Shane R. Adams (Lebanon, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument system comprising a motor system and a control circuit is disclosed. The motor system comprises a motor and a drive train movable by the motor to actuate a firing member through a staple firing stroke. The control circuit...