US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Oct. 21 for "Method of surgical stapling with end effector component having a curved tip" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,876, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Method of surgical stapling with end effector component having a curved tip" was invented by Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, Ohio), Gregory J. Bakos (Mason, Ohio), Chester O. Baxter III (Loveland, Ohio) and Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of surgical stapling uses a surgical instrument operable to compress, staple, and cut tissue. The instrument includes a body, a shaft, and an end effector with a pair of jaws. A placement tip extends distally from one of the jaws of the end effector. The placement tip is e...