US Patent Issued to Covidien on March 18 for "Handheld electromechanical surgical system" (Connecticut, Pennsylvania, District Of Columbia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,109, issued on March 18, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Handheld electromechanical surgical system" was invented by David E. Valentine Jr. (Hamden, Conn.), Alexander J. Hart (Tolland, Conn.), Charles R. Kollar (Washington), Haley E. Strassner (Hamden, Conn.), James P. Delbo (Danville, Pa.), Steven H. Joyce (Durham, Conn.) and Stephen R. Casey (Wallingford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical device includes a handle assembly having a power source; a motor coupled to the power source; and a controller configured to control the motor. The surgical device also includes an adapter assembly configured to sel...