US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Oct. 28 for "Firing lockout for linear surgical stapler" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,555, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Firing lockout for linear surgical stapler" was invented by Andrew C. Deck (Cincinnati), Matthew S. Williamson (Milford, Ohio) and John J. Newman (West Chester, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes first and second stapler halves that selectively couple together and separate from one another, and a clamp member actuatable to approximate the stapler halves to clamp tissue. A firing assembly is actuatable through a firing stroke to fire the stapling assembly on clamped tissue. The firing assembly includes a firing actuator movable...