US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Oct. 21 for "Medicant eluting adjuncts and methods of using medicant eluting adjuncts" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,321, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Medicant eluting adjuncts and methods of using medicant eluting adjuncts" was invented by Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, Ohio), Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Michael J. Vendely (Lebanon, Ohio) and Tamara S. Widenhouse (Clarksville, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various exemplary devices and methods are provided for performing surgical procedures. In general, one or more adjuncts can be used in conjunction with surgical instruments. The adjunct(s) can have medicant(s) thereon and/or therein. The medicant(s) can vary depending on the des...