Patent Issued for Material combinations and processing methods for a surgical instrument (USPTO 12048431).

A patent has been issued for material combinations and processing methods for a surgical instrument. The patent, assigned to Applied Medical Resources Corporation, relates to surgical stapling devices and aims to improve the reliability and manufacturing of these instruments. The invention involves the use of metallic substrates, dry film surface coatings, and bone wax layers to enhance the sliding components in the surgical instrument. The patent provides detailed descriptions and claims for various embodiments of the surgical stapling instrument and method of manufacturing. [Extracted from the article]