US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on May 19 for "Modular surgical energy system" (Ohio, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,194, issued on May 19, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Modular surgical energy system" was invented by Joshua M. Henderson (Cincinnati), Joshua P. Morgan (Loveland, Ohio), Andrew W. Carroll (Cincinnati), Jeffrey L. Aldridge (Lebanon, Ohio), Eitan T. Wiener (Loveland, Ohio), James M. Vachon (West Chester, Ohio), Ryan M. Asher (Cincinnati), John B. Schulte (West Chester, Ohio), John E. Hein (Neenah, Wis.), James R. Hoch (Appleton, Wis.) and Gregory J. Bakos (Mason, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular surgical system is disclosed. The modular surgical system can include a control module, a first su...