ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,188, issued on June 23, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Method for intelligent instruments for modular energy system" was invented by Brendan J. Oberkircher (Cincinnati), Cory G. Kimball (Hamilton, Ohio), Matthew S. Corbin (Placentia, Calif.), Monica L. Z. Rivard (Cincinnati), Joshua P. Morgan (Loveland, Ohio), Daniel C. Herman (Maineville, Ohio), Joshua M. Henderson (Cincinnati), Andrew W. Carroll (Cincinnati), Eitan T. Wiener (Cincinnati) and Jeffrey L. Aldridge (Lebanon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various methods are disclosed. One method includes reading an RFID card that is associated with ...