US Patent Issued to Covidien on Dec. 23 for "Surgical stapling device with jaws that pivot between an open position and a clamped position" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,173, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Surgical stapling device with jaws that pivot between an open position and a clamped position" was invented by Roanit A. Fernandes (Hamden, Conn.) and Matthew J. Chowaniec (Madison, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical stapling device includes a drive assembly and a tool assembly having an anvil and a cartridge assembly that is pivotably coupled to the anvil for movement between an open position and a clamped position. The cartridge assembly includes a staple cartridge and a channel member that defines a cavity that receives the staple cartridge. The ...