ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,882, issued on Oct. 21.
"Sensors and/or indicators for a stapling device" was invented by John Scott Kimsey (Walton, Ky.), Michael Bahan (Cincinnati) and Kylie Moellering (Cincinnati).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument includes a handle assembly; a rotatable knob disposed at a proximal end portion of the handle assembly; an adjusting rod disposed within the handle assembly, the adjusting rod having a proximal portion, an opposed distal portion, and a medial portion disposed thereinbetween, the medial portion having an outer diameter smaller than the outer diameters of the proximal and distal portions; whereby rotatio...