ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,906, issued on July 8, was assigned to Lexington Medical Inc. (Bedford, Mass.).
"Multidirectional apparatus" was invented by Andrew Marecki (Wilbraham, Mass.), David T. Moy Jr. (Wellesley, Mass.) and Leon Amariglio (Lexington, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to a multidirectional apparatus that can be attached to a stapler reload apparatus. The multidirectional apparatus can include at least two articulation elements each comprising a cylindrical proximal end, a hemispherical distal end, a central lumen, a wall surrounding the central lumen, and a first pull wire lumen within the wall surroundin...