US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Oct. 14 for "Surgical instrument with multiple program responses during a firing motion" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,209, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Surgical instrument with multiple program responses during a firing motion" was invented by Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, Ohio), Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio) and Mark D. Overmyer (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument. The surgical instrument includes an elongated channel configured to support a staple cartridge, an anvil pivotably connected to the elongated channel, a knife mechanically coupled to the staple cartridge, an electric motor and a control circuit electrically connected to the electric motor. The contro...