US Patent Issued to Covidien on July 8 for "Surgical fastener applying apparatus with lockout assembly" (Chinese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,900, issued on July 8, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Surgical fastener applying apparatus with lockout assembly" was invented by Chirong Liu (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The surgical fastener applying apparatus includes an anvil half-section, a cartridge receiving half-section, a firing assembly including a push plate, and a lockout assembly. The cartridge receiving half-section defines an elongated channel member. The elongated channel member is configured to receive a single use loading unit (SULU). The lockout assembly is supported in the elongated channel member and includes a lockout that is selecti...