US Patent Issued to Covidien on July 29 for "Articulation mechanisms for surgical instruments such as for use in robotic surgical systems" (Colorado Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,995, issued on July 29, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Articulation mechanisms for surgical instruments such as for use in robotic surgical systems" was invented by Kurt J. Anglese (Lafayette, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An articulation assembly for a surgical instrument, surgical instrument including the same, and robotic surgical system including a surgical robot and the surgical instrument including the articulation assembly. The articulation assembly includes proximal gear assemblies arranged in diagonally-opposed pairs and distal gear assemblies coupled to the respective proximal gear assemblies and li...