ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,357, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).
"Surgical stapling device with disposable cutting plate" was invented by Syed Sarfraz Ahamed (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical stapling device (10) includes an anvil (22) and a reload assembly (50) that includes a cartridge assembly (20) and a cutting plate (54). The reload assembly (50) is removably coupled to the stapling device (10) to facilitate replacement of the cartridge assembly (20) and the cutting plate (54) on the stapling device (10). In certain aspects of the disclosure, the reload assembly (50) also includes a shipping cap (52) tha...