ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,883, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to C.R. Bard Inc. (Murray Hill, N.J.).
"Power assist device for a surgical instrument" was invented by Kevin J. Ranucci (Warwick, R.I.), Nathan Stewart Cauldwell (Hope, R.I.) and Augustus Felix (Cranston, R.I.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument including a power assist device, and its method of use for deploying surgical fasteners, is disclosed. The surgical instrument may include a handle, an elongated shaft extending from the handle, and a surgical fastener deployment system including a driveshaft. The driveshaft is actuatable between at least a first proximal position and a ...