ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,907, issued on July 8, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).
"Stapler reloads with cable-driven drive beams" was invented by Shouwei Li (Shanghai) and Li Xiang (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reload for a surgical stapling apparatus includes a shaft assembly and an end effector secured to the shaft assembly. The end effector includes an anvil assembly, a cartridge assembly, and a firing assembly including a drive beam and a carriage, the drive beam and the carriage coupled together by a firing cable and a retraction cable that move the drive beam through the end effector as the carriage moves through the shaft ass...