ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,136, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).
"Linear surgical stapler" was invented by Andrew C. Deck (Cincinnati), Brian D. Schings (Maineville, Ohio), Anthony Nguyen (West Chester, Ohio), William J. White (West Chester, Ohio), Jason D. Jones (Cincinnati), Carol J. Wynn (Kings Mills, Ohio) and Todd P. Omaits (Liberty Township, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes first and second elongate members having first and second stapling surfaces and being configured to releasably couple together. A clamp member is movable from a first position to a second position to approximate t...