US Patent Issued to STANDARD BARIATRICS on May 13 for "Systems and methods for preventing tissue migration in surgical staplers" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,793, issued on May 13, was assigned to STANDARD BARIATRICS INC. (Cincinnati).

"Systems and methods for preventing tissue migration in surgical staplers" was invented by Adam R. Dunki-Jacobs (Cincinnati), Mark S. Ortiz (Milford, Ohio), Jonathan R. Thompson (Cincinnati), Richard P. Nuchols (Williamsburg, Ohio), Caleb J. Hayward (Goshen, Ohio), Robert T. Means III (Cincinnati) and Saylan J. Lukas (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for preventing unwanted tissue migration in surgical staplers includes a surgical stapler having an end effector including an upper jaw and a lower jaw. A distal end of the upper jaw is connec...