US Patent Issued to TOUCHSTONE INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL SCIENCE on June 24 for "Cartridge assembly and surgical stapler" (Chinese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,707, issued on June 24, was assigned to TOUCHSTONE INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL SCIENCE Co. LTD. (Suzhou, China).

"Cartridge assembly and surgical stapler" was invented by Shuicheng Ding (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cartridge assembly and a surgical stapler are provided. The cartridge assembly includes: a cartridge including a cartridge surface provided with a plurality of staple cavities, staple mating portions provided on proximal sides of the staple cavities; a plurality of staples located in the staple cavities; an actuation member configured to drive the staples and the staple mating portions to rotate in a first dir...