US Patent Issued to Covidien on July 1 for "Stapling device with curved end effector" (Chinese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,010, issued on July 1, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Stapling device with curved end effector" was invented by Jiangfeng Zhang (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An end effector for a transverse type surgical stapling device includes an anvil assembly and a cartridge assembly. The cartridge assembly includes a knife assembly having a knife blade and a guide pin. The guide pin is movable between retracted and advanced positions to confine tissue between the anvil assembly and the cartridge assembly. The end effector includes a body that supports a guide member that is spaced from the guide pin. The guide member...