US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on July 15 for "Pan-less staple cartridge assembly comprising retention features for holding staple drivers and sled" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,308, issued on July 15, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Pan-less staple cartridge assembly comprising retention features for holding staple drivers and sled" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio) and Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A staple cartridge assembly for use with a surgical stapling instrument is disclosed. The staple cartridge assembly comprises a plurality of staples, a plurality of staple drivers, and a cartridge body comprising a retention feature. The staple cartridge assembly further comprises a sled movable longitudinally through the cartr...