US Patent Issued to Covidien on May 27 for "Articulating ultrasonic surgical instruments and systems" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,615, issued on May 27, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Articulating ultrasonic surgical instruments and systems" was invented by James R. Fagan (Erie, Colo.), Thomas E. Drochner (Longmont, Colo.), Michael B. Lyons (Boulder, Colo.), David J. Van Tol (Boulder, Colo.) and Matthew S. Cowley (Frederick, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An articulating ultrasonic surgical end effector for use with a hand-held surgical instrument or a robotic surgical system includes an articulation assembly, a clevis operably coupled to the articulation assembly, and a transducer assembly pivotably coupled to the clevis. The transducer...