ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,524, issued on March 18, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).
"Surgical articulation assembly" was invented by Jaroslaw T. Malkowski (Trumbull, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical articulation assembly is disclosed, including a control assembly and an articulable portion. The articulable portion includes at least two segments capable of independent movement. The control assembly defines an axis and three user controls configured to be engaged by an operator. Disposed within the control assembly are three pairs of diametrically opposed driving members that effects translation of a connecting member upon engagem...