US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Aug. 5 for "Staple cartridge comprising a tissue thickness compensator" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,853, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Staple cartridge comprising a tissue thickness compensator" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Lauren S. Weaner (West Chester, Ohio), Jerome R. Morgan (Cincinnati), Michael J. Vendely (Lebanon, Ohio), Taylor W. Aronhalt (Loveland, Ohio), Chester O Baxter III (Loveland, Ohio) and Mark S. Zeiner (Mason, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A staple cartridge is disclosed. The staple cartridge can comprise a cartridge body comprising a deck and a bottom surface opposite the deck. The staple cartridge can comprise a plurality of sta...