US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on March 25 for "Fastener cartridges including extensions having different configurations" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,931, issued on March 25, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Fastener cartridges including extensions having different configurations" was invented by Thomas W. Huitema (West Chester, Ohio), Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Geoffrey C. Hueil (Cincinnati) and Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastener cartridge can include, one, a cartridge body comprising a deck and a plurality of fastener cavities and, two, a plurality of fasteners positioned in the fastener cavities. The cartridge body can further comprise extensions extending from the deck having different sizes an...