ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,627, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).
"Surgical instrument soft stop" was invented by Steven G. Hall (Cincinnati), Daniel L. Baber (West Chester, Ohio) and Richard L. Leimbach (Cincinnati).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument includes a drive member movable by a drive motor between a home position and an end of stroke. A mechanical stop is disposed at or near the end of stroke and is structured to increase resistance to movement of the drive member from a first position to a second position. A control system detects a current spike associated with the increased resistance an...