U.S. Patent 7673781 was awarded to Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. on 2010-03-09 and describes a “Surgical stapling device with staple driver that supports multiple wire diameter staples.” This patent has been cited 434 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 for use with a surgical stapling device. The stapling device has an actuator that is selectively actuatable in an axial direction and an anvil that is moveable between open and closed positions. The staple cartridge comprises a plurality of staples and a first plurality of staple drivers. Each staple driver has an upper staple supporting surface for supporting one of the staples such that, when actuated, each staple driver drives the staple into the anvil. The upper staple supporting surface supports staples of different wire diameters in an upright position. Link: U.S. Patent 7673781

This patent was originally filed on 2007-02-28 which gives it a processing time of 1105 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 Joseph C. Hueil of Loveland, CO. The assistant examiner was Nathaniel Chukwurah.

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