US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Nov. 4 for "Methods and systems for performing surgical stapling" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,358, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Methods and systems for performing surgical stapling" was invented by Christopher C. Miller (Loveland, Ohio), John P. Measamer (Cincinnati), Brian F. DiNardo (Cincinnati), Richard F. Schwemberger (Cincinnati) and Johnny H. Alexander III (West Chester, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a body, a shaft, a stapling head assembly, and an anvil. The body includes a motor, a first user input feature, and a second user input feature. The first user input feature is operable to activate the motor. The shaft extends distally from the bo...