US Patent Issued to Covidien on May 27 for "Reusable surgical port with disposable seal assembly" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,620, issued on May 27, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Reusable surgical port with disposable seal assembly" was invented by Jacob Baril (Norwalk, Conn.), Justin Thomas (New Haven, Conn.), Roy Pilletere (Middletown, Conn.) and Matthew Dinino (Newington, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical port includes a shell and a seal assembly. The shell has a housing and a cannula that extends from the housing. The housing has a sidewall defining a window therethrough. The seal assembly includes one or more seals. The seal assembly is selectively receivable into the housing through the window of the housing of the she...