US Patent Issued to Covidien on June 23 for "Articulation mechanism for a surgical device" (Chinese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,138, issued on June 23, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Articulation mechanism for a surgical device" was invented by Jun Zhang (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An articulation assembly for use with a surgical device includes a drive bar, a locking pin, a drive gear, and a yoke. The drive bar includes a base and a stem extending therefrom. The base includes first teeth. The locking pin engages the first teeth of the drive bar. The drive gear is operatively coupled to the drive bar. The drive gear includes second teeth defining a gap between adjacent second teeth. The gap is configured to receive a portion of ...