US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on May 13 for "Knife for surgical stapler and associated method of manufacture with MIM and HIP" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,572, issued on May 13, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Knife for surgical stapler and associated method of manufacture with MIM and HIP" was invented by Anil K. Nalagatla (Mason, Ohio), Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Chester O. Baxter III (Loveland, Ohio), Jerome R. Morgan (Cincinnati) and Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is used to manufacture a knife of an end effector of a surgical instrument. The method includes forming the knife using metal injection molding. The knife has at least one feature having a molded shape. The method also includes machining...