US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on July 14 for "Autonomous intra-instrument surgical system actuation" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,184, issued on July 14, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Autonomous intra-instrument surgical system actuation" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Charles J. Scheib (Loveland, Ohio), Kevin M. Fiebig (Cincinnati) and Taylor W. Aronhalt (Loveland, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are described herein for autonomous operation of a surgical device within a predefined boundary. A discrete signal associated with clamping control (e.g., closure of a clamping jaw) may be received by the surgical device. The discrete signal may be triggered by a he...