US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Sept. 30 for "Surgical stapler cartridge having intermediate raised tissue engagement protrusions" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,880, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Surgical stapler cartridge having intermediate raised tissue engagement protrusions" was invented by Nicholas Fanelli (Morrow, Ohio), Gregory G. Scott (Cincinnati), Anthony Nguyen (West Chester, Ohio), Kevin M. Fiebig (Cincinnati), Scott A. Jenkins (Mason, Ohio), Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio) and Nicholas A. Wilson (Montgomery, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a cartridge body, a deck, an elongate slot, a plurality of pockets, and a plurality of engagement protrusions. The plurality of pockets include first and...