ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,916, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).
"Firing system for linear surgical stapler" was invented by Andrew C. Deck (Cincinnati), Jason D. Jones (Cincinnati), Gregory J. Bakos (Mason, Ohio) and Brian D. Schings (Maineville, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical stapler includes a first elongate member, a second elongate member, and a clamp member operable to releasably clamp the first elongate member against the second elongate member. A distal portion of the first elongate member supports an anvil surface having a plurality of staple forming pockets. A distal portion of the second...