US Patent Issued to Covidien on June 10 for "Uterine manipulator with detachable cup and locking occluder" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,607, issued on June 10, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Uterine manipulator with detachable cup and locking occluder" was invented by Scott J. Prior (Branford, Conn.), Danial P. Ferreira (Shelton, Conn.) and Paul C. DiCesare (Easton, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A uterine manipulator includes a handle and a central shaft that extends distally from the handle. The central shaft includes a distal end portion supporting a balloon. The central shaft also supports a cervical cup. An occluder shaft is slidably supported on the central shaft. A non-inflatable plug is secured to the occluder shaft and configured to m...