ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,015, issued on July 1, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).
"Staple cartridge" was invented by Thomas W. Huitema (Cincinnati) and Douglas J. Siebenaler (Maineville, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A staple cartridge can comprise a plurality of staples positioned within a cartridge body, wherein the cartridge body can comprise a tissue-contacting deck and a plurality of ridges extending from the tissue-contacting deck. The ridges can be configured to prevent, or reduce the possibility of, tissue from moving relative to the staple cartridge during use. The staple cartridge can further comprise a plurality of ...