US Patent Issued to Standard Bariatrics on Nov. 11 for "Stapling systems and methods for surgical devices and end effectors" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,361, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Standard Bariatrics Inc. (Cincinnati).

"Stapling systems and methods for surgical devices and end effectors" was invented by Adam R. Dunki-Jacobs (Cincinnati), Jonathan R. Thompson (Cincinnati) and Richard P. Nuchols (Williamsburg, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments include an end effector including an anvil, the anvil having an anvil face, an anvil blade channel defined by the anvil face, a first pocket row of first row staple pockets, a second pocket row of second row staple pockets, a third pocket row of third row staple pockets, a fourth pocket row of fourth row staple pockets,...