ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,117, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).
"Method of using a powered stapling device" was invented by Gregory J. Bakos (Mason, Ohio), Devanathan Raghavan (Mason, Ohio), Geoffrey C. Hueil (Mason, Ohio), Anil K. Nalagatla (Mason, Ohio), Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, Ohio), Adam D. Hensel (Cincinnati), Seth D. Holdmeyer (Cincinnati), Kevin M. Fiebig (Cincinnati), Tylor C. Muhlenkamp (Cincinnati) and Chester O. Baxter III (Loveland, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical stapling assembly is disclosed. The surgical stapling assembly can include a firs...