US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on June 23 for "Thoracic post-surgical monitoring and complication prediction" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,437, issued on June 23, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Thoracic post-surgical monitoring and complication prediction" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, Ohio), Chad Edward Eckert (Terrace Park, Ohio) and Demetrius Harris (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Patient biomarkers may be monitored before, during, and/or after thoracic surgery to predict complications, detect complications, track recovery, and/or make pre-, in- and/or post-surgery recommendations to avoid predicted complications and/or mitigate detected complications. Complications (e.g....