US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Sept. 2 for "Multi-diameter cannula depth limiter" (Ohio, California, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,912, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Multi-diameter cannula depth limiter" was invented by Joseph T. Mozloom Jr. (Cincinnati), Jeffery Bruns (Cincinnati), Ryan McGhee (Cincinnati), Cameron D. McLain (Deer Park, Ohio), Lauren M. Valente (Macomb, Mass.) and Matthew S. Corbin (Placentia, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A depth limiter that is configured to couple with first and second trocar cannulas having different diameters. The depth limiter includes first and second body portions. First and second body portions each include first and second gripping surfaces. The first and seco...