US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Nov. 4 for "RFID identification systems for surgical instruments" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,123, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"RFID identification systems for surgical instruments" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical device for applying clips is disclosed including a cartridge, an RFID tag, and a controller. The cartridge includes a plurality of clips. A crimping drive is configured to move a first jaw and a second jaw to a closed position during a crimping stroke. One of the plurality of clips is crimped around tissue during the crimping stroke. Stored data on the RFID tag relates to an identifying characteristic...