US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Aug. 26 for "Staple cartridge having retainer movable between configurations" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,728, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Staple cartridge having retainer movable between configurations" was invented by Brian F. DiNardo (Loveland, Ohio), Morgan R. Hunter (Cincinnati) and Gregory J. Bakos (Mason, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument includes a sled and an end effector. The end effector includes a first jaw, a second jaw movable relative to the first jaw, an anvil, and a cartridge channel. The staple cartridge includes a proximal end, a distal end, a cartridge body, and staples supported in the cartridge body, wherein the sled is movable to deploy th...