US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on April 14 for "System and method to measure uterine wall thickness" (Ohio, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,407, issued on April 14, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"System and method to measure uterine wall thickness" was invented by Charles J. Scheib (Loveland, Ohio), Tracey A. Morley (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Matthew T. Hill (Norwood, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a control console, a laparoscopic instrument, and a uterine manipulator. The laparoscopic instrument includes a first proximity sensor element. The uterine manipulator includes a base and a shaft extending distally from the base. The shaft includes a distal end dimensioned to be inserted into the uterus of a patient and a sec...