ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,414, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to EZISURG MEDICAL Co. LTD. (Shanghai) and EZISURG (SUZHOU) MEDICAL Co. LTD. (Jiangsu, China).

"Surgical stapler" was invented by Yang Liu (Shanghai), Chuangang Tang (Shanghai), Guang Yang (Shanghai) and Honglin Nie (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical stapler is provided. The surgical stapler includes: an intermediate connecting member, an end effector assembly, a first bending tension member and a second bending tension member; the first bending tension member is configured to pass through the first channel to connect to the end effector assembly; the second bending tension member...