US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on July 22 for "Pin trap mechanism for surgical linear cutter" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,476, issued on July 22, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Pin trap mechanism for surgical linear cutter" was invented by Brian D. Schings (Maineville, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical stapler includes a first stapler half including an anvil surface having a plurality of staple forming pockets, and a second stapler half configured to releasably couple with the first stapler half. The second stapler half is operable to deploy staples toward the anvil surface. The stapler also includes a projection positioned on one of the stapler halves and extending laterally relative to a longitudinal axis of...