US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on May 13 for "Tissue cushion adjuncts for surgical stapler end effector" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,577, issued on May 13, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Tissue cushion adjuncts for surgical stapler end effector" was invented by Christopher Q. Seow (Cincinnati), Gregory J. Bakos (Mason, Ohio), Michael J. Vendely (Lebanon, Ohio), Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, Ohio), Mark S. Zeiner (Mason, Ohio), Andreas N. Ward (Cincinnati) and Adam D. Hensel (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument includes a first and second jaw, a firing assembly, a first buttress assembly, and a second buttress assembly. The first and second jaw actuate relative to each other between an open and closed position ...