US Patent Issued to Covidien on March 17 for "Surgical stapling apparatus with articulation brake assembly" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,829, issued on March 17, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Surgical stapling apparatus with articulation brake assembly" was invented by Logamurugaraj Shanmugavel (Pollachi, India) and Shaik Ahmed Sajid Hussain (Hyderabad, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical stapling apparatus includes an elongated shaft assembly defining a longitudinal axis, a tool assembly, a drive beam assembly, and a brake assembly. The tool assembly includes an anvil assembly and a cartridge assembly. The drive beam assembly is selectively advanceable through the tool assembly and positioned to move the tool assembly between an unclam...