US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Nov. 18 for "Method for tissue treatment by surgical instrument" (Ohio, Rhode Island, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,982, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Method for tissue treatment by surgical instrument" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Kevin M. Fiebig (Cincinnati), Sarah A. Worthington (Cincinnati), Nina Mastroianni (Cincinnati), John E. Brady (Cincinnati), Demetrius N. Harris (Cincinnati), Ravi C. Patel (East Providence, R.I.) and Joshua L. Liebowitz (Naples, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for treating tissue using a surgical instrument including at least one electrode and a staple cartridge is disclosed. The method includes causing the at least one electro...