US Patent Issued to Standard Bariatrics on Nov. 18 for "End effectors, surgical stapling devices, and methods of using same" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,918, issued on Nov. 18, 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 use to staple an anatomical structure of a patient during a surgical procedure includes an anvil and a cartridge. The anvil has an anvil face and a first staple pocket defined by the anvil face, where the first staple pocket comprises a first cup and a second cup for staple fo...