US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Feb. 25 for "Surgical stapler with sloped staple deck for varying tissue compression" (Ohio, Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,232,725, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Surgical stapler with sloped staple deck for varying tissue compression" was invented by Ryan P. Posey (Cincinnati), Nicholas D. Courtwright (Villa Hills, Ky.), Stephen D. Geresy (West Chester, Ohio), Kevin D. Sackett (Independence, Ky.) and Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cartridge for use with a surgical instrument includes a curved body and a deck defined by the curved body and configured to clamp tissue against an anvil. A plurality of staple openings is formed in the deck and is configured to house a pl...