US Patent Issued to Evergreen Surgical Solutions on Sept. 22 for "Cover device for a surgical site, cartridge for a surgical stapler, and related surgical methods" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,785, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Evergreen Surgical Solutions LLC (Indiana, Pa.).

"Cover device for a surgical site, cartridge for a surgical stapler, and related surgical methods" was invented by Andrew Billon (Indiana, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cartridge configured to be connected to a surgical stapler includes an anvil leg having an inwardly facing surface and a staple leg pivotally connected to the anvil leg. The staple leg includes a plurality of staples and an inwardly facing surface configured to move towards the inwardly facing surface of the anvil leg. The inwardly facing surface of the staple leg include...