ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,435, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).
"Method of determining dullness of a surgical stapler knife" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), David C. Yates (Morrow, Ohio) and Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Thresholds can be assigned for one or more parameters in connection with the operation of a surgical device. An ultimate threshold can trigger a desired action, including cessation of operations or modification of operations, if the ultimate threshold is reached, or predicted to be reached. In addition, a marginal threshold can trigger a ...