US Patent Issued to Covidien on June 10 for "Devices, systems, and methods for pre-heating fluid to be introduced into a patient during a surgical procedure" (Massachusetts, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,768, issued on June 10, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Devices, systems, and methods for pre-heating fluid to be introduced into a patient during a surgical procedure" was invented by Paul F. Prokop (Woburn, Mass.), Jordan A. Whisler (Brookline, Mass.) and Dale E. Whipple (Nashua, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical system includes a fluid source including a fluid inflow tube, a fluid delivery device coupled to the fluid inflow tube and configured to deliver fluid from the fluid source into a patient, a surgical instrument, and a control box coupled to the surgical instrument. The control box includes one...