US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on June 23 for "Medical device with a bilateral jaw configuration for nerve stimulation" (Ohio, South Carolina, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,175, issued on June 23, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Medical device with a bilateral jaw configuration for nerve stimulation" was invented by David C. Yates (Morrow, Ohio), Jeffrey D. Messerly (Cincinnati), Cameron D. McLain (Fairfield, Ohio), Peter K. Shires (Robbinsville, N.C.), Frederick L. Estera (Cincinnati), Cameron R. Nott (Fairfield, Ohio), Foster B. Stulen (Johns Island, S.C.) and Christopher A. Papa (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present disclosure are presented for a single surgical instrument configured to grasp, seal, and/or cut tissue through application of the...