ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,340, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Method for intraoperative display for surgical systems" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Shane R. Adams (Lebanon, Ohio), Matthew D. Cowperthwait (Cincinnati), Kevin M. Fiebig (Cincinnati), Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, Ohio), Matjaz Jogan (Philadelphia), Zhifan F. Huang (Mason, Ohio), Shaun B. Schaeffer (Cincinnati), Tyler N. Brehm (Cincinnati), John E. Brady (Cincinnati), Demetrius N. Harris (Austin, Texas), Ellen E. Burkart (Liberty Township, Ohio), Madison K. Vanosdoll (Cincinnati), Christopher Q. Seow (Cincinnati), Cory G. Kimball (Hamilton, Ohio), Monica L. Z. Rivard (C...