ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,120, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).
"Staple shape control using selective bending segments" was invented by Gregory J. Bakos (Mason, Ohio), Brian D. Schings (Maineville, Ohio), Nicholas Fanelli (Morrow, Ohio) and Jason Rector (Maineville, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A staple cartridge including: a staple opening containing an unformed staple, the staple having a first leg portion and a second leg portion; and a set of guides disposed adjacent the staple opening. When the staple exits the staple opening, the first leg portion has a first interaction with the guides and the second ...