ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,850, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Medline Industries LP (Northfield, Ill.).
"Surgical staple" was invented by Dinesh Koka (Winter Park, Fla.), Samuel Nader (Arlington Heights, Ill.), Ryan Niver (Glenview, Ill.), Natan Pheil (Highland Park, Ill.) and Wesley Reed (Libertyville, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical staple is provided having a bridge and at least a first leg and a second leg. The bridge has a first end and a second end. The surgical staple has a first extension of the bridge adjacent the first end of the bridge and extending on an opposite side of the first leg relative to the second leg and a second extens...