US Patent Issued to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL on July 28 for "Methods of operating a surgical instrument or a subsystem thereof" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,865, issued on July 28, was assigned to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL (Zug, Switzerland).

"Methods of operating a surgical instrument or a subsystem thereof" was invented by Christopher Batty (Cincinnati), Raffaele Definis (Cincinnati), Jonathan Von Stein (Cincinnati), Christopher Denzinger (Cincinnati) and David Keilholz (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and subsystems for using a robotic instrument are disclosed. The method includes engaging a first closure input puck with a first closure robotic output. The method includes rotating the first closure robotic output to cause the first closure input puck to rotate. The me...