US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on July 7 for "End effector and open linear stapler having the same" (Chinese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,873, issued on July 7, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"End effector and open linear stapler having the same" was invented by Junjie Wang (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An end effector includes a substantially U-shaped stationary jaw located distally and a movable jaw movable relative to the stationary jaw to clamp tissue therebetween. The stationary jaw includes an anvil. The movable jaw is configured to receive a staple cartridge. A surface of the anvil opposite to the movable jaw defines a tissue engagement surface that defines a longitudinal axis and includes first and second staple forming p...