ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,358, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).
"End effector for surgical stapling device" was invented by Tingting Jin (Shanghai), Syed Sarfraz Ahamed (Shanghai) and Xiliang Zhang (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical stapling device includes an end effector having an end effector frame with a cantilevered portion and an anvil assembly supported on the cantilevered portion of the end effector frame. The anvil assembly and the cantilevered portion of the end effector frame are adapted to be secured together in a manner to minimize weakening of the cantilevered portion of the end effector frame t...