US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Aug. 4 for "Stapler device that forms staples from various cartridges having different row patterns" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,119, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Stapler device that forms staples from various cartridges having different row patterns" 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 surgical stapling system, including a stapler including a first jaw having a tissue clamping surface and a second jaw operable to receive interchangeable staple cartridges having different staple patterns, the first and second jaws relatively pivotable between an open position and a...