US Patent Issued to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL on May 26 for "Surgical instrument comprising a closure lock" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,007, issued on May 26, was assigned to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL (Zug, Switzerland).

"Surgical instrument comprising a closure lock" was invented by Richard L. Leimbach (Cincinnati), Michael J. Stokes (Cincinnati), Nicholas J. Ross (Cincinnati) and Shane R. Adams (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument comprising an end effector and a closure actuator configured to engage with the end effector is disclosed. The surgical instrument further comprises an articulation drive operable to rotate the end effector about an articulation joint when the closure drive is in its partially-closed position. The surgical instru...