US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on May 13 for "Adjuncts for use with surgical stapling instruments" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,578, issued on May 13, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Adjuncts for use with surgical stapling instruments" was invented by Heather B. Strang (West Chester, Ohio), Jordan B. Wong (Cincinnati), Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Michael J. Vendely (Lebanon, Ohio), Taylor W. Aronhalt (Loveland, Ohio) and Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjunct for use with a surgical stapling system is disclosed. The adjunct comprises a first region. The first region comprises a first composition. The adjunct comprises a second region. The second region is distal to the first region...