ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,020, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Lexington Medical Inc. (Bedford, Mass.).
"Blade assembly for a surgical reloadable cartridge assembly" was invented by Andrew Marecki (West Boylston, Mass.), Richard Moyer (Allston, Mass.) and Leon Amariglio (Lexington, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure includes apparatuses for a surgical reloadable cartridge assembly. An example apparatus includes a blade assembly which comprises leaves and an I-beam. In an example there are two outer leaves and at least one inner leaf. The two outer leaves are connected to the I-beam. The at least one inner leaf is not connected to t...