ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,068, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).
"Linear surgical stapler" was invented by Andrew C. Deck (Cincinnati), Benjamin A. Bialorucki (Cincinnati), Kevin A. Larson (South Lebanon, Ohio), Anthony Nguyen (West Chester, Ohio), Brian D. Schings (Maineville, Ohio), Richard M. Harper (Blue Ash, Ohio), Kevin J. Zylka (Mason, Ohio) and Caterina E. Esposito (Cambridge, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes first and second elongate members having first and second stapling surfaces and being configured to releasably couple together. A clamp member is movable from a first positio...