ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,987, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to REACH SURGICAL INC. (Tianjin, China).
"Surgical instrument" was invented by Chao Yang (Tianjin, China), Peng Hao (Tianjin, China), Shuaishuai Li (Tianjin, China), Jianjun Song (Tianjin, China) and Ke Li (Tianjin, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument includes an elongated body assembly adapted for being attached with a loading unit, wherein the loading unit may have various types. The elongated body assembly is provided with a loading unit type recognition portion that includes a first sliding member configured for being actuated by the loading unit during assembling of the l...