ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,573, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).
"Linear surgical stapler" was invented by Brian D. Schings (Maineville, Ohio), William J. White (West Chester, Ohio), Jason D. Jones (Cincinnati), Carol J. Wynn (Kings Mills, Ohio), Anil K. Nalagatla (Mason, Ohio) and Andrew C. Deck (Cincinnati).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A staple cartridge configured for use with a surgical stapler includes a cartridge body, a deck defined configured to compress tissue against an anvil of the surgical stapler, and a plurality of staple openings formed in the deck. A plurality of staples is disposed within the sta...