U.S. Patent 8128645 was awarded to Medigus Ltd. on 2012-03-06 and describes a “Stapler for endoscopes.” This patent has been cited 293 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 stapling device for a surgical endoscopic device provided with at least one flexible portion, comprising a staple-firing portion and an anvil portion, wherein one of the staple firing portions and one of the anvil portions are located longitudinally displaced from one another along the longitudinal axis of the endoscopic device, with at least a part of said flexible portion between them. The parts of the stapling device are in correct working relationship when one or more alignment and/or locking pins or screws that are stored in one of the staple firing portions or one of the anvil portions are extended and engage and lock or screw into receptacles that have been provided on the other of the staple firing portion or of the anvil portion. Link: U.S. Patent 8128645

This patent was originally filed on 2005-02-18 which gives it a processing time of 2573 days, compared to an average processing time of 1942 in the field. Medigus Ltd. has 21 total patents. The first named inventor is Lawrence Crainich of Boston, MA. The primary examiner was Tuan Nguyen.

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