US Patent Issued to Covidien on Oct. 27 for "Apparatus for endoscopic procedures" (Connecticut, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,232, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Apparatus for endoscopic procedures" was invented by Josh Snow (Clinton, Conn.), Philip Irka (Madison, Conn.), Ethan Collins (Naugatuck, Conn.), Joseph Costanzo (Hatfield, Pa.), Anthony Calderoni (Bristol, Conn.), Michael Ingmanson (Stratford, Conn.), Timothy Wells (Ridgefield, Conn.), Thomas Wingardner III (North Haven, Conn.) and Ramiro Cabrera (Cheshire, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical device includes a jaw assembly defining a first longitudinal axis and including a first jaw and a second jaw moveable relative to the first jaw; an elongated bo...