US Patent Issued to Standard Bariatrics on Feb. 24 for "End effectors, surgical stapling devices, and methods of using same" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,092, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Standard Bariatrics Inc. (Cincinnati).

"End effectors, surgical stapling devices, and methods of using same" was invented by Jonathan Thompson (Cincinnati), Bennie Thompson (Blue Ash, Ohio), Richard P. Nuchols (Williamsburg, Ohio) and Russell L. Holscher (Maineville, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An end effector for stapling and cutting an anatomical structure includes an anvil, a cartridge, and a blade. The anvil has an anvil face and a plurality of staple pockets positioned on the anvil face. The cartridge has a cartridge face defining a cartridge blade channel, the cartridge being conf...