US Patent Issued to Covidien on Aug. 11 for "Powered surgical device with linear position sensor" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,413, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Powered surgical device with linear position sensor" was invented by David A. Nicholas (Trumbull, Conn.), Anthony D. Calderoni (Bristol, Conn.) and John M. Pantazis (Stratford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powered surgical device includes a handle assembly that includes a linear position sensor in the form of a linear potentiometer for identifying a position of a rack within the handle assembly. The linear potentiometer provides a signal indicative of the position of the rack to a controller to control operation of a motor or motors positioned within t...