US Patent Issued to Bolanle Asiyanbola on Aug. 12 for "Endostapler, particularly for use in operations on the pancreas" (Tennessee Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,265, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Bolanle Asiyanbola (Hermitage, Tenn.).

"Endostapler, particularly for use in operations on the pancreas" was invented by Bolanle Asiyanbola (Hermitage, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endostapler has a stapler body with distally-situated first and second stapler units, each of which may pivot from a stowed position oriented parallel to the stapler body to a deployed position oriented at an angle to the stapler body. Each stapler unit may open to receive tissue, and close upon the tissue to cut and staple it. When stapling, parallel adjacent rows of staples are applied adjacent the cut, ...