US Patent Issued to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL on Aug. 26 for "Clamping assembly for linear surgical stapler" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,726, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL (Zug, Switzerland).

"Clamping assembly for linear surgical stapler" was invented by Andrew C. Deck (Cincinnati), Brian D. Schings (Maineville, Ohio), Jason D. Jones (Cincinnati), Gregory J. Bakos (Mason, Ohio), David K. Norvell (Monroe, Ohio), Christopher J. Schall (Mason, Ohio) and Joshua Uth (Mason, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical stapler includes a first elongate member having a distal portion that supports an anvil surface, and a second elongate member having a distal portion configured to receive a staple cartridge. The stapler further includes a pin...