US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Oct. 14 for "Surgical instrument having a power control circuit" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,213, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Surgical instrument having a power control circuit" was invented by Richard L. Leimbach (Cincinnati), Richard F. Schwemberger (Cincinnati) and Brett E. Swensgard (West Chester, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments are directed to a powered surgical instrument for cutting and fastening tissue. The instrument may comprise an end effector comprising a first jaw member and a second jaw member. The second jaw member may be coupled to move relative to the first jaw member from an open position, where the jaw members are apart from one a...