US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on June 10 for "Incompatible staple cartridge use prevention features for surgical stapler" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,583, issued on June 10, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Incompatible staple cartridge use prevention features for surgical stapler" was invented by Gregory G Scott (Cincinnati), Nicholas Fanelli (Morrow, Ohio), Richard L. Leimbach (Cincinnati), John P. May (Mason, Ohio), Kevin M. Fiebig (Cincinnati) and Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical stapler kit includes a surgical stapler having a body, a shaft, and an end effector. The kit includes a first staple cartridge having a first cartridge body and a first sled, and a second staple cartridge having a second ca...