US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on April 15 for "Surgical staple cartridge alignment features" (Ohio, Colorado, Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,442, issued on April 15, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Surgical staple cartridge alignment features" was invented by Gregory G. Scott (Mason, Ohio), Disha V. Estera (Cincinnati), Joseph M. Nath (West Chester, Ohio), Ryan J. Laurent (Loveland, Ohio), Michael E. Setser (Burlington, Ky.), Zhifan F. Huang (Mason, Ohio), Chloe A. Eyers (Englewood, Colo.), Robert J. Simms (Liberty Township, Ohio), Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, Ohio), Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio) and Nichole Y. Kwee (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for stapling tissue is disclosed. The system can include a channel a...