US Patent Issued to Covidien on April 14 for "Surgical robotic system and method for cart power switchover" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,445, issued on April 14, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Surgical robotic system and method for cart power switchover" was invented by Lawrence A. Sage (Killingworth, Conn.) and Gary P. Beck (East Hampton, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power delivery system for a surgical robotic movable cart includes a power input configured to receive a first DC electrical signal, a first voltage sense and control circuit coupled to the power input and operable in a primary power mode to output the first DC electrical signal, and a battery configured to output a second DC electrical signal. The system also includes a batt...