ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,312, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Autonomous adaptation of surgical device control algorithm" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Matthew David Cowperthwait (Cincinnati), Nicholas James Ross (Franklin, Ohio) and Curtis Anthony Maples (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computing system may receive first operation data associated with a first surgical procedure and second operation data associated with a second surgical procedure. The computing system receive first outcome data associated with the first surgical procedure and second outcome data associ...