ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,071, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to EziSurg Medical Co. Ltd. (Shanghai).
"Surgical stapler" was invented by Chuangang Tang (Shanghai), Guang Yang (Shanghai), Mengmeng Guo (Shanghai), Honglin Nie (Shanghai), Hanbing Jiao (Shanghai) and Jun Yin (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a surgical stapler. The staple includes a knife holder, a first elastic member, jaws, and a housing assembly. The jaws are connected to the housing assembly. The first elastic member is disposed in the housing assembly. The knife holder is movable between a first position and a second position. The knife holder restricts the closure of the...