US Patent Issued to Covidien on July 8 for "Systems for endoscopic submucosal dissection" (California, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,919, issued on July 8, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Systems for endoscopic submucosal dissection" was invented by William Camisa (Santa Clara, Calif.), Hillary K. Huszar (Redwood City, Calif.), Ellie K. Ahlquist (San Jose, Calif.), Ryan Bertwell (San Jose, Calif.) and Shawn C. Daniel (Mountlake Terrace, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical system for performing an endoscopic submucosal dissection includes first and second surgical clips each having first and second jaw members for grasping tissue therebetween. The first surgical clip includes a resilient member attached to one of the jaw members and conf...