ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,078, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).
"Surgical clip applier" was invented by Disha V. Labhasetwar (Cincinnati), Michael J. Stokes (Cincinnati), Gregory G. Scott (Cincinnati), Chester O. Baxter III (Loveland, Ohio), Michael A. Murray (Bellevue, Ky.), Kevin A. Larson (Maineville, Ohio) and Ryan J. Laurent (Loveland, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical clip applier and methods for applying surgical clips to a vessel, duct, shunt, etc., during a surgical procedure are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a surgical clip applier is provided having a housing with a trigger movabl...