US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on April 29 for "Surgical stapler cartridge having cartridge retention features" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,170, issued on April 29, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Surgical stapler cartridge having cartridge retention features" was invented by Nicholas A. Wilson (Montgomery, Ohio), Kevin M. Fiebig (Cincinnati) and Nicholas Fanelli (Morrow, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A staple cartridge for a surgical instrument includes a cartridge body extending along a longitudinal axis and having an upper deck. Pockets extend through the upper deck for receiving respective staples. The staple cartridge also includes a pan coupled to the cartridge body. The pan includes a laterally-opposed pair of sidewalls spaced ap...