US Patent Issued to ConMed on April 21 for "Multiple implement operation and coordination using single actuator for medical devices" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,154, issued on April 21, was assigned to ConMed Corp. (Largo, Fla.).

"Multiple implement operation and coordination using single actuator for medical devices" was invented by Benjamin Willard (Clearwater, Fla.) and Jeffrey T. Smith (Tampa, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for a medical device that can operate multiple actuated implements with sophisticated and individual motion profiles using a single user actuator. The system has a handle having a pair of slots for each implement and an actuator positioned in the handle for movement between a first position and a second position that has a groove for each implement. Eac...