US Patent Issued to Covidien on Sept. 15 for "Adapter, extension, and connector assemblies for surgical devices" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,733,934, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Adapter, extension, and connector assemblies for surgical devices" was invented by Ramiro Cabrera (Cheshire, Conn.) and Anne Nelson (Guilford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly including an adapter assembly and an extension assembly for connecting an end effector to an electrosurgical instrument is provided. The adapter assembly includes first and second pusher assemblies configured for converting rotational motion into linear motion and a drive member for transferring rotational motion. The extension assembly includes at least one flexible band...