US Patent Issued to Covidien on July 29 for "Endoluminal shafts including ultrasound coupling capability" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,884, issued on July 29, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Endoluminal shafts including ultrasound coupling capability" was invented by Paul M. Galluzzo (Godmanchester, Great Britain), Rita Stella (Sandy, Great Britain) and Neil Pollock (Wimpole, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure describes endoluminal shafts including a tubular body, a finger extending therefrom and an ultrasound transducer, and navigation systems associated therewith."

The patent was filed on Feb. 4, 2022, under Application No. 17/665,446.

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