ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,073, issued on April 7, was assigned to OLYMPUS Corp. (Tokyo).
"Medical stapler and suturing method" was invented by Takashi Nakamura (Saitama, Japan) and Chisato Karasawa (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical stapler includes a stapling head including a staple ejection portion, an anvil openably and closably coupled to the stapling head by a rotation shaft, a staple receiving portion provided in the anvil and provided at a position facing the staple ejection portion when the stapling head and the anvil are in a closed state, a lever rotatably provided on the stapling head, and a lever operation wire connected to the lever ...