US Patent Issued to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL on Aug. 11 for "Powered firing platform for linear surgical stapler" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,417, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL (Zug, Switzerland).

"Powered firing platform for linear surgical stapler" was invented by Brian D. Schings (Maineville, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus that includes a body, an initiation device, an actuator, and a driver. The body has a cradle sized and configured to receive a linear surgical stapler operable to clamp and staple tissue with a plurality of staples. The actuator is in communication with the initiation device and the initiation device is coupled with the body. The driver is operatively coupled with the actuator and is configured to mechan...