US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Nov. 11 for "Electrodes and methods for use with a multi-layer clamp arm pad to enhance the performance of a surgical device" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,390, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Electrodes and methods for use with a multi-layer clamp arm pad to enhance the performance of a surgical device" was invented by Jacob S. Gee (Cincinnati), Michael A. Keenan (Cincinnati), William A. Olson (Lebanon, Ohio), Tyler N. Brehm (Cincinnati), Cameron D. McLain (Fairfield, Ohio) and Kevin Price (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical device, is disclosed herein. The surgical device can include an end effector including a clamp jaw, a trigger configured to open and close the clamp jaw, a sensor configured to detect a relative pos...