US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on July 14 for "Closure lockout systems for surgical instruments" (Kentucky, Ohio, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,165, issued on July 14, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Closure lockout systems for surgical instruments" was invented by Michael S. Cropper (Edgewood, Ky.), Michael E. Setser (Burlington, Ky.), Barry T. Jamison (Fairfield, Ohio), Paul H Kistler (Brandon, Fla.), John R. Dugan (Lebanon, Ohio) and Sudhir B. Patel (Zephyrhills, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument is disclosed. The surgical instrument can include a first jaw, a second jaw, and a jaw closure lockout system. The first jaw can comprise a pivot pin slot and a slide pin slot. The second jaw can comprise an anvil and, in addi...