US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on May 13 for "Zoned algorithm adaptive changes based on correlation of cooperative compression contributions of tissue" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,576, issued on May 13, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Zoned algorithm adaptive changes based on correlation of cooperative compression contributions of tissue" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Shane R. Adams (Lebanon, Ohio), Nicholas J. Ross (Franklin, Ohio), Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, Ohio), Jacqueline C. Aronhalt (Loveland, Ohio) and Taylor W. Aronhalt (Loveland, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical stapling system is disclosed that comprises a closure driver, a firing driver, and a control circuit. The control circuit is to set a firing force threshold, advance the ...