US Patent Issued to Lexington Medical on July 8 for "Springs for lockout assemblies, and associated systems, devices, and methods" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,908, issued on July 8, was assigned to Lexington Medical Inc. (Bedford, Mass.).

"Springs for lockout assemblies, and associated systems, devices, and methods" was invented by Max Fan (Boston), Andrew Marecki (Wilbraham, Mass.) and David T. Moy Jr. (Wellesley, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Springs for lockout assemblies, such as for single-use lockout assemblies implemented in reloadable cartridge assemblies of surgical staplers, and associated systems, devices, and methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a spring includes (a) a hook portion at a first end portion of the spring opposite the second end of the spring, and...