US Patent Issued to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL on May 13 for "Surgical instrument comprising an adaptive control system" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,574, issued on May 13, was assigned to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL (Zug, Switzerland).

"Surgical instrument comprising an adaptive control system" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Gregory J. Bakos (Mason, Ohio) and Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument system comprising an adaptive control system is disclosed. The instrument includes a motor control system configured to control the operation of a closure motor and a drive motor. The motor control system is configured to increase the clamping pressure applied by a first jaw during a secondary tissue cutting stroke as...