US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on April 15 for "Method of applying buttresses to surgically cut and stapled sites" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,444, issued on April 15, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Method of applying buttresses to surgically cut and stapled sites" was invented by Michael J. Vendely (Lebanon, Ohio), Trevor J. Barton (Cincinnati), Pamela M. Ridgley (Lebanon, Ohio), Rebecca Spatholt (Cincinnati), Christopher J. Hess (Blue Ash, Ohio), Heather Strang (West Chester, Ohio), Mark S. Zeiner (Mason, Ohio), John V. Hunt (Cincinnati), Emily A. Scheliin (Cincinnati), Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, Ohio) and David T. Krumanaker (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of applying a buttress t...