US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Sept. 16 for "Surgical instrument with dual mode articulation drive" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,794, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Surgical instrument with dual mode articulation drive" was invented by John A. Hibner (Mason, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument includes a shaft assembly and an articulation control assembly. The shaft assembly includes an articulation section. The distal end of the shaft assembly is configured to receive an end effector. The articulation section is configured to deflect the end effector from the longitudinal axis. The articulation control assembly includes a first articulation control member, a second articulation control ...