US Patent Issued to Covidien on March 25 for "Endoluminal robotic systems and methods for suturing" (Massachusetts, Colorado, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,923, issued on March 25, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Endoluminal robotic systems and methods for suturing" was invented by Scott J. Prior (Branford, Conn.), Arvind Rajagopalan Mohan (Dracut, Mass.), John W. Komp (Dillon, Colo.), William J. Peine (Ashland, Mass.), Scott E. M. Frushour (Boulder, Colo.) and Anthony B. Ross (Boulder, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoluminal robotic system includes at least one robotic arm that operates tools to perform suturing procedures. The tools may include at least one of a suture needle driver tool, an endoscope, and a grasping tool. Methods performed by the endolum...