US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Jan. 27 for "Stapling device with knife movable to a shielded configuration" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,133, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Stapling device with knife movable to a shielded configuration" was invented by Chester O. Baxter III (Loveland, Ohio), Jerome R. Morgan (Cincinnati), Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Charles J. Scheib (Loveland, Ohio) and Michael J. Vendely (Lebanon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus comprises a body, a shaft assembly, an end effector, a cartridge, and a staple driver actuator. The end effector is operable to manipulate tissue. The end effector comprises a lower jaw, a pivotable anvil, and a translating cutter. The translat...