How Well Does Your Surgical Stapler Perform?
At Lexington Medical, Inc., we don’t strive for “A’s”. We want “B’s”. Introduction An endoscopic linear cutter, or a surgical stapler, has a deceptively simple job: deploy four or six rows of staples and divide the tissue between them. In practice, proper staple formation is far more technically demanding, and less reliable than most of […]
Does Your Surgical Stapler Affect Patient Outcomes? The AEON Difference
RIOT, CIOT, and the Surgeon’s Role in Optimizing Oncologic Outcomes Authors Introduction Most patients with solid organ malignancies will require surgical resection at some point in their treatment course. This is especially true in gastrointestinal and thoracic oncology, where surgery remains the cornerstone of curative-intent therapy. At the same time, the proportion of patients receiving […]
AEON: The Manual Surgical Stapler Outperforming Powered Staplers in Thoracic Surgery
Two 2026 studies challenge the conventional wisdom on powered staplers in thoracic surgery — and point to a new competitive force in stapler design. Lexington Medical designs and manufactures AEON™, an endoscopic surgical stapling system for minimally invasive surgery. This guide explains how a surgical stapler works, why components like the handle, I-beam, cartridge, anvil, […]
Anatomy of a Surgical Stapler
Lexington Medical designs and manufactures AEON™, an endoscopic surgical stapling system for minimally invasive surgery. This guide explains how a surgical stapler works, why components like the handle, I-beam, cartridge, anvil, knife, and staple reload matter, and how AEON™ is engineered to support consistent staple formation across tissue types. What happens between trigger and tissue […]