US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on July 21 for "Open linear stapler" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,532, issued on July 21, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Open linear stapler" was invented by Jie Zhang (Shanghai), Junjie Wang (Shanghai), Xiangchun Hong (Shanghai), Joshua Uth (Mason, Ohio), Anil K. Nalagatla (Mason, Ohio) and Bingshi Wang (Mason, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An open linear stapler includes an end effector located at a distal side. The end effector includes a substantially U-shaped stationary jaw located at the distal side and a movable jaw movable relative to the stationary jaw to clamp tissue therebetween. A surface of the stationary jaw opposes the movable jaw and includes an ...