US Patent Issued to Covidien on June 2 for "Apparatus for endoscopic procedures" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,526, issued on June 2, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Apparatus for endoscopic procedures" was invented by John W. Beardsley (Wallingford, Conn.), David M. Jermine (North Haven, Conn.) and David M. Farascioni (Ridgefield, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical device includes a jaw assembly, an articulating assembly and a drive shaft. The jaw assembly includes first and second jaws. The articulating assembly is removably coupled to a proximal end of the jaw assembly and includes a distal joint member, a proximal joint member, and a pivot pin. The pivot pin is fixedly coupled to the distal joint member and is...