US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on July 15 for "Integral cartridge stiffening features to reduce cartridge deflection" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,302, issued on July 15, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Integral cartridge stiffening features to reduce cartridge deflection" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Seth D. Holdmeyer (Cincinnati), Adam D. Hensel (Gahanna, Ohio), Nicholas Fanelli (Morrow, Ohio), Kevin M. Fiebig (Cincinnati) and Gregory J. Bakos (Mason, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical stapling assembly comprising a first jaw, a second jaw, and a staple cartridge assembly positioned in the first jaw is disclosed. The staple cartridge assembly comprises a plurality of staples, a plurality of staple drivers...