ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,137, issued on May 20, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).
"Endoscopic surgical clip applier" was invented by Roy J. Pilletere (Middletown, Conn.), Eric Brown (Madison, Conn.), Jacob C. Baril (Norwalk, Conn.), Gregory R. Morck (Haddam, Conn.), Saumya Banerjee (Southington, Conn.), Justin Thomas (New Haven, Conn.) and Matthew A. Dinino (Newington, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical clip applier includes a handle assembly, an elongated shaft, a drive shaft, a cam pin, and an end effector. The cam pin is disposed in mechanical cooperation with the drive shaft. The end effector is disposed adjacent a distal end o...