ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,867, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).
"Systems and methods for operating a surgical device" was invented by Christopher T. Tschudy (Arvada, Colo.), Graham J. Barrett (Denver), David J. Van Tol (Boulder, Colo.), Kristen P. Bradley (Westminster, Colo.) and Keith W. Malang (Longmont, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a surgical device, includes: determining whether a switch has transitioned from a first condition, corresponding to a first operating mode, to a second condition, corresponding to a second operating mode; when it is determined that the switch has transitioned from ...