US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on March 24 for "Bipolar combination device that automatically adjusts pressure based on energy modality" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,457, issued on March 24, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Bipolar combination device that automatically adjusts pressure based on energy modality" was invented by David C. Yates (Morrow, Ohio), Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio) and Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument, system and method for adjusting a compression force applied by a surgical instrument are disclosed. The method includes determining tissue impedance of tissue in contact with an end effector of the surgical instrument, determining a tissue type based on the tissue impedance, selecting ...