US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Feb. 24 for "Accessory device to sense and communicate tissue force and thickness" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,091, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Accessory device to sense and communicate tissue force and thickness" was invented by Christopher Denzinger (Loveland, Ohio), Mark Overmyer (Cincinnati), Heather Dickson (Cincinnati), Craig Smith (Cincinnati) and Jonathan Von Stein (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tissue sensor is used with a surgical stapling instrument to sense tissue characteristics and to provide accurate tissue measurements. The tissue sensor includes a flexible substrate, a sensor array, and a controller. The flexible substrate is disposed between the tissue and th...