US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on July 29 for "Stapling assembly comprising a supported firing bar" (Ohio, Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,908, issued on July 29, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Stapling assembly comprising a supported firing bar" was invented by Chester O. Baxter III (Loveland, Ohio), Jeffrey S. Swayze (West Chester, Ohio), Adam R. Dunki-Jacobs (Cincinnati), Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Morgan R. Hunter (Cincinnati) and Darwin L. Schultz (Covington, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical stapling instrument comprising an elongate shaft assembly that includes a surgical end effector that is operably coupled thereto by an articulation joint. The surgical instrument may include a first distal articulation...