US Patent Issued to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL on May 27 for "Composite interconnected anvil for medical stapler" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,587, issued on May 27, was assigned to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL (Zug, Switzerland).

"Composite interconnected anvil for medical stapler" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical stapler anvil including an anvil pocket beam and an anvil back beam. The anvil pocket beam can include a plurality of staple forming pockets and an anvil pocket beam moment of inertia. The anvil back beam can be fixedly attached to the anvil pocket beam and can include a crown disposed opposite the plurality of staple forming pockets and an anvil back beam moment of inertia approximately equal to the an...