ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,401, issued on March 24, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).
"Adapter assembly with constant velocity joints" was invented by Joseph T. Eisinger (Northford, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive assembly for an adapter assembly of a surgical device includes an input shaft, a middle shaft, and an output shaft. The input shaft includes a proximal portion configured for operable engagement with a drive member of a handle assembly and a distal portion including a first castellated portion. The middle shaft includes a proximal portion having a first lobed portion in operable engagement with the first castellated portio...