US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on May 20 for "Lockout engagement features for surgical stapler" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,127, issued on May 20, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Lockout engagement features for surgical stapler" was invented by Ryan J. Laurent (Loveland, Ohio), Jason M. Rector (Maineville, Ohio), Robert J. Simms (Liberty Township, Ohio), Jeffrey C. Gagel (Loveland, Ohio), Nicholas Fanelli (Morrow, Ohio), Douglas B. Hoffman (Harrison, Ohio) and Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument comprises a body, shaft, and end effector. The shaft couples the end effector and body together. The end effector comprises an anvil and lower jaw configured to receive a surgi...