US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on July 8 for "Tissue cushion adjunct for surgical stapler end effector" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,933, issued on July 8, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Tissue cushion adjunct for surgical stapler end effector" was invented by Jason M. Rector (Maineville, Ohio) and Mark S. Zeiner (Mason, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjunct configured for use with an end effector of a surgical stapler includes a plurality of resiliently compressible elements interconnected with each other. The adjunct also includes a tissue-engaging face configured to contact tissue clamped by the end effector during closure thereof, and a stapler-engaging face configured to be releasably secured to a stapling surface of the...