ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,022, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).
"Surgical stapler with toggling distal tip" was invented by Jeffery D. Bruns (Cincinnati), Nicholas Fanelli (Morrow, Ohio), Robert J. Simms (Liberty Township, Ohio) and Scott A. Jenkins (Mason, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument end effector includes a first jaw configured to receive a staple cartridge and a second jaw that includes an anvil having a plurality of staple forming pockets. The first and second jaws are operable to clamp and staple tissue positioned therebetween. A tip member is movably disposed at a distal end of ...