US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Feb. 3 for "Surgical instruments with separable motors and motor control circuits" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,118, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Surgical instruments with separable motors and motor control circuits" was invented by Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, Ohio), David C. Yates (Morrow, Ohio) and Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument comprising a motor, a user interface, and a control circuit is disclosed. The motor is configured to drive an actuation of an end effector. The control circuit is configured to prevent an activation of the motor, display instructions for replacing the motor via the user interface, detect installation of a re...