ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,175, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).
"Surgical stapling device with anvil tilt indicator" was invented by Yishuai Xu (Shanghai), Xiliang Zhang (Shanghai), Yanli Wan (Shanghai), Yanjun Jiao (Shanghai), Jinhang Liu (Shanghai), Zhihua Zhang (Shanghai) and Xiucheng Shen (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circular stapling device (10) includes a handle assembly (12) having an indicator assembly (80) that includes a clicker assembly (82) and a biasing member (84). The clicker assembly (82) provides an audible and/or tactile signal to a clinician when an anvil assembly (20) of the stapling device (...