ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,508, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Surgical system having a surgical instrument controlled based on comparison of sensor and database data" was invented by Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, Ohio), Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Chad E. Eckert (Terrace Park, Ohio), Jordan B. Wong (Cincinnati), David C. Yates (Morrow, Ohio), Tamara S. Widenhouse (Clarksville, Ohio) and Chester O. Baxter III (Loveland, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical system comprising a surgical instrument and a surgical hub is disclosed. The surgical instrument is configured to perform a surgical proce...