ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,586, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Ezisurg (Suzhou) Medical Co. Ltd. (Jiangsu, China).

"Safety mechanism for ensuring disposable use of an instrument" was invented by Menghui Liao (Shanghai), Lei Wang (Shanghai), Chuangang Tang (Shanghai), Jun Yang (Shanghai), Minghui Bao (Shanghai) and Honglin Nie (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a safety mechanism comprising: a staple cartridge, a staple cartridge base, a sliding block, a cutter, and a staple anvil, wherein the staple cartridge base is centrally provided with an central track, a proximal end of the staple cartridge base is provided with ...