US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Nov. 18 for "Staple cartridge containing forming surfaces that bend staple legs upon exiting" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,920, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Staple cartridge containing forming surfaces that bend staple legs upon exiting" was invented by Gregory J. Bakos (Mason, Ohio), Brian D. Schings (Maineville, Ohio), Nicholas Fanelli (Morrow, Ohio) and Jason Rector (Maineville, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A staple cartridge including: a cartridge body; a staple pocket in the cartridge body, the staple pocket having an opening and containing an unformed staple including a first leg and a second leg, the staple pocket containing the first leg and the second leg of the unformed staple in an unf...