U.S. Patent 8186560 was awarded to Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. on 2012-05-29 and describes a “Surgical stapling systems and staple cartridges for deploying surgical staples with tissue compression features.” This patent has been cited 319 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 surgical staple having at least one projection formed thereon. In various embodiments, the projection is formed on a crown of the surgical staple. In one various embodiment, the projection surrounds, or is positioned adjacent to, at least one deformable member of the surgical staple. In one embodiment, the projection can apply an increased compressive force or pressure to soft tissue surrounding the deformable member prior to the deformable members puncturing a hole in the soft tissue. As a result of the increased compressive force or pressure on the tissue, after staple deployment, blood flow proximate deformable member puncture holes can be reduced. Link: U.S. Patent 8186560

This patent was originally filed on 2009-10-16 which gives it a processing time of 956 days, compared to an average processing time of 1080 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 Brian D Nash.

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