US Patent Issued to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL on Jan. 20 for "Motor control of surgical instrument systems" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,572, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL (Zug, Switzerland).

"Motor control of surgical instrument systems" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Matthew D. Cowperthwait (Cincinnati), Nicholas J. Ross (Franklin, Ohio), Shane R. Adams (Lebanon, Ohio), Eric B. LaFay (Madeira, Ohio) and Sarah A. Worthington (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument system comprising a motor system and a control circuit is disclosed. The motor system comprises a motor and a drive train coupleable to the motor and configured to actuate a firing member through a staple firing stroke. The c...