U.S. Patent 8590762 was awarded to Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. on 2013-11-26 and describes a “Staple cartridge cavity configurations.” This patent has been cited 306 times by other U.S. patents which places it in the top 500 cited patents since 2010 according to our law firm research, and makes it of the most innovative medical technology patents in the field of instruments. The abstract states:

A staple cartridge including first and second staple cavities therein where the first cavity can define a first axis and the second cavity can define a second axis. In various embodiments, the first axis can be transverse to the second axis. In one embodiment, the first and second cavities can extend in directions which are not parallel to each other. In various embodiments, staples deployed from such first and second staple cavities can produce a staple pattern which can better constrict blood vessels in soft tissue and reduce blood flow therethrough. Link: U.S. Patent 8590762

This patent was originally filed on 2007-06-29 which gives it a processing time of 2342 days, compared to an average processing time of 1226 in the field. Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. has 2128 total patents. The first named inventor is Christopher J. Hess of Cincinnati, OH. The primary examiner was Michelle Lopez.

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