US Patent Issued to Covidien on Feb. 4 for "Determination of premature staple ejection" (Connecticut, District Of Columbia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,674, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Determination of premature staple ejection" was invented by Alexander J. Hart (Tolland, Conn.), Charles R. Kollar (Washington), James P. Delbo (North Haven, Conn.), Haley E. Strassner (Hamden, Conn.) and Steven H. Joyce (Durham, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical device includes a power source, a motor coupled to the power source, and a transmission assembly movable by the motor. The device also includes a reload coupled to the transmission assembly. The reload includes a plurality of staples ejectable by the transmission assembly. The device further ...