US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Sept. 22 for "Power control circuit for powered surgical stapler" (Ohio, Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,786, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Power control circuit for powered surgical stapler" was invented by Shane R. Adams (Lebanon, Ohio), Nicholas J. Ross (Franklin, Ohio), Joseph D. Paulowski (Butler, Ky.), William R. Stager (Dayton, Ohio), Timothy E. Goode (Springboro, Ohio) and Austin E. Wise (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a body, a shaft, a stapling assembly, and a sequential logic device. The body includes a safety switch, a firing actuator, and a motor. The stapling assembly is disposed at a distal end of the shaft, wherein the stapling assembly...