ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,024, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
"Surgical stapling instruments" was invented by Babak Jasemian (Trabuco Canyon, Calif.) and Tibor Laszlo Hites (Sonora, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Surgical stapling instruments include mechanisms for identifying and/or deactivating stapler cartridges for use with the instruments. The stapling instrument includes a drive member for actuating a staple cartridge and a locking member movable from a disabled position permitting distal translation of the drive member through a staple firing stroke, to a locking position inhibiting dis...