US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on July 8 for "Staple cartridge comprising formation support features" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,901, issued on July 8, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Staple cartridge comprising formation support features" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Taylor W. Aronhalt (Loveland, Ohio), Jordan B. Wong (Cincinnati), Shane R. Adams (Lebanon, Ohio) and Mark S. Zeiner (Mason, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A staple cartridge comprising a cartridge body including staple formation features is disclosed."

The patent was filed on Oct. 18, 2023, under Application No. 18/489,669.

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