US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on March 17 for "Electronic lockout selections for a surgical system" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,831, issued on March 17, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Electronic lockout selections for a surgical system" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Gregory J. Bakos (Mason, Ohio), Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, Ohio) and Chester O. Baxter III (Loveland, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of adjusting a staple parameter of a surgical stapling instrument is disclosed. The method includes determining, by a control circuit of the surgical stapling instrument, a first stroke length for a first staple driver of the surgical stapling instrument to drive a first row of staples of a cir...