US Patent Issued to Applied Medical Resources on July 15 for "Material combinations and processing methods for a surgical instrument" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,304, issued on July 15, was assigned to Applied Medical Resources Corp. (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.).

"Material combinations and processing methods for a surgical instrument" was invented by Andrew Krasts (San Clemente, Calif.), Darci Darnall (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Eric J. Weiss (San Clemente, Calif.) and Timothy M. Hopkins (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Surface preparation for sliding surfaces can enhance wear performance for surgical instruments such as surgical staplers which include reusable mechanisms that are used multiple times with single use reload cartridges. To reduce the pote...