US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Sept. 22 for "Rotatable linear actuation mechanism" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,802, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Rotatable linear actuation mechanism" was invented by Morgan R. Hunter (Cincinnati), Brian D. Black (Loveland, Ohio) and Thomas B. Remm (Milford, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument includes an end effector, a shaft assembly proximally extending from the end effector, and at least one translatable rack gear assembly coupled with the shaft assembly. The shaft assembly includes at least one elongate member connected to a select one or both of the end effector and the shaft assembly. The at least one translatable rack gear assem...