U.S. Patent 8348123 was awarded to Covidien LP on 2013-01-08 and describes a “Surgical stapling device with dissecting tip.” This patent has been cited 251 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 dissecting tip is provided for use with a surgical stapler or instrument. In one embodiment, the dissecting tip is secured to the end effector of the surgical instrument, e.g., to the cartridge assembly. The dissecting tip extends distally from the end effector and is configured to dissect or separate target tissue from certain tissue, e.g., adherent, connective, joined or other tissue. Link: U.S. Patent 8348123

This patent was originally filed on 2010-11-23 which gives it a processing time of 777 days, compared to an average processing time of 983 in the field. Covidien LP has 3582 total patents. The first named inventor is Paul A. Scirica of Huntington, NY. The primary examiner was Ryan Severson.

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