US Patent Issued to Covidien on June 16 for "Surgical instruments, systems, methods, and attachments therefor utilizing vibration feedback" (Colorado, Oregon, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,603, issued on June 16, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Surgical instruments, systems, methods, and attachments therefor utilizing vibration feedback" was invented by Duane E. Kerr (Loveland, Colo.), Christopher K. Gibbs (San Clemente, Calif.), Michelle P. Romero (Broomfield, Colo.), Michael A. Mercer (Castle Rock, Colo.), Brett C. Walker (Portland, Ore.), Lucas M. Lastoczy (Boulder, Colo.) and Cameron P. Mahoney (Highlands Ranch, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical system includes a surgical instrument, a motion sensor, and a computing device. The surgical instrument includes a housing, an end effector a...