US Patent Issued to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL on Aug. 25 for "Surgical instrument with motor disengagement in response to excess torque" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,531, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL (Zug, Switzerland).

"Surgical instrument with motor disengagement in response to excess torque" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Emily A. Schellin (Cincinnati) and Jerome R. Morgan (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powered stapling device has a motor which can be operated at differing speeds based on a parameter indicative of the assembly's capabilities. The powered stapling device has a control system for controlling the motor. The control system has the ability to pause or stop the advancement of the firing system. The control syst...