US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on July 22 for "Method of applying a buttress to a surgical stapler" (Ohio, Indiana, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,479, issued on July 22, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Method of applying a buttress to a surgical stapler" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Rao S. Bezwada (Whitehouse Station, N.J.), Jason L Harris (Lebanon, Ohio), Prudence A. Turner (Warsaw, Ind.), Mark S. Zeiner (Mason, Ohio) and Charles J. Scheib (Loveland, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of applying a buttress to a surgical stapler end effector comprises positioning a buttress assembly between an anvil and a staple cartridge of the end effector. The buttress assembly comprises a buttress body and an adhesive m...