ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,816, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).
"Anvil assembly with reduced deflection" was invented by Xijia Li (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical stapling device includes an end effector having a cartridge assembly, and anvil assembly that is supported adjacent the anvil assembly in cantilevered fashion. The end effector of the stapling device includes a pusher that is configured to compensate for deflection of the anvil assembly and provide uniform staple formation along the length of the anvil assembly. The pusher is also configured to minimize firing forces required to fire staples from ...