US Patent Issued to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL on May 26 for "Clamp force sensor for surgical stapler" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,008, issued on May 26, was assigned to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL (Zug, Switzerland).

"Clamp force sensor for surgical stapler" was invented by Gary S. Jaworek (Cincinnati), Christopher J. Schall (Mason, Ohio), Mark J. Bookbinder (Blue Ash, Ohio), Bingshi Wang (Mason, Ohio), Luling Wang (Mason, Ohio), Laura S. Downing (Cincinnati), John P. May (Mason, Ohio), Shannon L Jones (Cincinnati), Nicholas Fanelli (Morrow, Ohio), Gregory G. Scott (Cincinnati), Bradley A. Arnold (Mason, Ohio) and Nicholas W. Seipelt (Milford, Ohio).

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