US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Nov. 11 for "Fastener cartridges including extensions having different configurations" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,363, issued on Nov. 11, 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), Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, Ohio) and Chester O. Baxter III (Loveland, 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 f...