US Patent Issued to REVMEDICA on July 29 for "Surgical stapler with removable power pack and interchangeable battery pack" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,910, issued on July 29, was assigned to REVMEDICA INC. (Middletown, Conn.).

"Surgical stapler with removable power pack and interchangeable battery pack" was invented by Thomas G. Wenchell Jr. (Durham, Conn.), C. Robert Satti III (Westbrook, Conn.), Peter Nielsen (Ridgefield, Conn.) and Jeffrey M. Ott (New Haven, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical fastener applier including a housing containing a compartment, an elongated member extending distally from the housing, first and second jaws and a firing mechanism. The firing mechanism is movable between a first position and a second position to effect firing of fasteners int...