US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on June 16 for "Modular battery powered handheld surgical instrument with selective application of energy based on button displacement, intensity, or local tissue characterization" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,602, issued on June 16, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Modular battery powered handheld surgical instrument with selective application of energy based on button displacement, intensity, or local tissue characterization" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), David C. Yates (Morrow, Ohio), Kevin L. Houser (Springboro, Ohio), Jeffrey D. Messerly (Cincinnati) and Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument comprises a controller configured to control application of RF or ultrasonic energy at a low level when displacement or intensity of a button i...