US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Aug. 18 for "Method for authenticating the compatibility of a staple cartridge with a surgical instrument" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,367, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Method for authenticating the compatibility of a staple cartridge with a surgical instrument" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Shane R. Adams (Lebanon, Ohio), Nicholas J. Ross (Franklin, Ohio), Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, Ohio) and Gregory J. Bakos (Mason, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for authenticating the compatibility of a staple cartridge with a surgical instrument is disclosed. The method can comprise inserting a staple cartridge into a surgical instrument, receiving a first signal from a first RFID tag o...