US Patent Issued to Covidien on Oct. 7 for "Surgical stapling device including a loading unit alignment indicator" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,587, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Surgical stapling device including a loading unit alignment indicator" was invented by Xiliang Zhang (Shanghai) and Syed Sarfraz Ahamed (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An end effector includes a frame and a loading unit. The frame includes first and second transverse portions and a longitudinal portion interconnecting the first and second transverse portions. The longitudinal portion includes a coupling portion including a visual indicator. The loading unit includes an anvil plate supported on the first transverse portion of the frame, a base portion exte...