US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Jan. 27 for "Multi-part staple with separate legs and crown to facilitate staple release from arbors" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,131, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Multi-part staple with separate legs and crown to facilitate staple release from arbors" 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 set of arbors disposed adjacent a staple pocket having an opening, the set of arbors including an upper set of arbors and a lower set of arbors; and a multi-part staple including a first staple leg portion, a second staple leg portion, and a crown por...