US Patent Issued to Covidien on July 15 for "Cut optimization for excessive tissue conditions" (Connecticut, District Of Columbia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,313, issued on July 15, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Cut optimization for excessive tissue conditions" was invented by Steven H. Joyce (Durham, Conn.), David E. Valentine (Hamden, Conn.), Patrick Mozdzierz (Glastonbury, Conn.), Charles R. Kollar (Washington) and Haley Strassner (New Haven, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating a surgical stapler includes advancing a knife assembly at a first velocity until a predetermined force is detected, advancing the knife assembly at a second velocity when the predetermined force is detected, the second velocity being less than the first velocity, and con...