ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,027, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to INTOCARE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY (SUZHOU) Co. LTD. (Jiangsu, China).
"Surgical instrument" was invented by Hui Zhang (Jiangsu, China), Dianchen Liu (Jiangsu, China), Yunfeng Du (Jiangsu, China) and Daping Li (Jiangsu, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument, including an openable/closable staple cartridge and a staple anvil. The staple cartridge has a staple cartridge surface facing the staple anvil (200). The staple cartridge is further provided with a staple recess extending in a direction perpendicular to the staple cartridge surface. A staple and a staple pushing piece are acc...