US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Dec. 30 for "Surgical stapling instrument with an articulatable end effector" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,026, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Surgical stapling instrument with an articulatable end effector" was invented by Zhifan F. Huang (Mason, Ohio), Chad P. Boudreaux (Cincinnati), Joseph C. Hueil (Loveland, Ohio), Dean B. Bruewer (Fairfield, Ohio) and David B. Smith (Mason, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In various embodiments, a surgical instrument can comprise an end effector including a staple cartridge and a datum portion positioned proximal to the staple cartridge. The surgical instrument can further comprise a shaft and an articulation joint configured to articulate the end...