US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on June 23 for "Staple cartridge with dynamic arbors that produce non-constant curl radius" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,114, issued on June 23, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Staple cartridge with dynamic arbors that produce non-constant curl radius" 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 proximal end; a distal end; a tissue supporting deck; a staple cavity defined in the deck and configured to hold a staple; a set of guide surfaces disposed adjacent the staple cavity; a driver configured to drive the staple out of the staple cavity; and a sled mov...