US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on May 20 for "Method for authenticating the compatibility of a staple cartridge with a surgical instrument" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,133, issued on May 20, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Method for authenticating the compatibility of a staple cartridge with a surgical instrument" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Shane R. Adams (Lebanon, Ohio), Nicholas J. Ross (Franklin, Ohio) and Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for authenticating the compatibility of a staple cartridge with a surgical instrument is disclosed. The method can comprise inserting a staple cartridge into a surgical instrument, receiving a first signal from a first RFID tag on a first component of the staple...