US Patent Issued to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL on June 16 for "Techniques for adaptive control of motor velocity of a surgical stapling and cutting instrument" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,531, issued on June 16, was assigned to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL (Zug, Switzerland).

"Techniques for adaptive control of motor velocity of a surgical stapling and cutting instrument" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), David C. Yates (Morrow, Ohio) and Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical stapler is presented having a firing assembly, a motor, and a motor control circuit. The firing assembly is configured to translate along a longitudinal axis such that translation of the firing assembly in a distal direction is configured to deploy staples from an end effector during a firin...