US Patent Issued to Covidien on Jan. 20 for "Surgical forceps including reposable end effector assemblies" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,616, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Surgical forceps including reposable end effector assemblies" was invented by Duane E. Kerr (Loveland, Colo.), James D. Allen IV (Broomfield, Colo.), Robert M. Sharp (Boulder, Colo.) and William H. Nau Jr. (Longmont, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical forceps including a housing having a movable handle coupled thereto and movable between an initial position and a compressed position is disclosed. A drive bar is operably coupled to the movable handle such that movement of the movable handle between the initial and compressed positions effects longitu...