US Patent Issued to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL on July 14 for "Surgical instrument comprising an adaptive control system" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,160, issued on July 14, was assigned to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL (Zug, Switzerland).

"Surgical instrument comprising an adaptive control system" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Gregory J. Bakos (Mason, Ohio) and Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument comprising a motor control system in communication with a closure motor and a drive motor is disclosed. The motor control system is configured to control the operation of the closure motor and the drive motor. The motor control system is configured to increase the clamping pressure applied by a first jaw during a sec...