US Patent Issued to Covidien on May 13 for "Stapling device with end effector having bottom guide member" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,573, issued on May 13, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Stapling device with end effector having bottom guide member" was invented by Tingting Jin (Shanghai), Xiliang Zhang (Shanghai) and Zhaokai Wang (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical stapling device includes an end effector having a bottom guide member to confine tissue in the path of a cutting member and ensure that tissue is cleanly cut through. The bottom guide member can be supported on an end effector frame and be reusable or supported on the cartridge module and be disposable."

The patent was filed on March 31, 2021, under Application No. 18/...