US Patent Issued to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL on Oct. 28 for "Overlapping staple pattern for surgical stapler" (Kentucky, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,553, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL (Zug, Switzerland).

"Overlapping staple pattern for surgical stapler" was invented by Brian D. Schings (Maineville, Ohio) and Francesca N. Mayhaus (Independence, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical stapling instrument includes an anvil and a stapling assembly. The stapling assembly includes first and second staples. The anvil is configured to deform the first and second staples to thereby transition the first and second staples from a non-deformed state to a deformed state. The first staple includes a first crown. The second staple includes a second crown and ...