US Patent Issued to Covidien on May 27 for "Handheld electromechanical surgical system" (Connecticut, District Of Columbia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,592, issued on May 27, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Handheld electromechanical surgical system" was invented by Patrick Mozdzierz (Glastonbury, Conn.), James Delbo (North Haven, Conn.), Scott Firth (Guilford, Conn.), John Hryb (Southington, Conn.), Steven Joyce (Durham, Conn.), Charles Kollar (Washington), Stephen Paul (East Hartford, Conn.), Paul Richard (Shelton, Conn.), Anthony Sgroi Jr. (Wallingford, Conn.) and David Valentine (Hamden, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to adapter assemblies for use with and to electrically and mechanically interconnect electromechanical surgic...