ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,590, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL (Zug, Switzerland).

"Stapling system for use with wire staples and stamped staples" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, Ohio) and Gregory J. Bakos (Mason, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A staple cartridge system is disclosed which can be interchangeably used with a staple cartridge comprising wire staples and a staple cartridge comprising stamped staples."

The patent was filed on Oct. 17, 2023, under Application No. 18/381,039.

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