ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,943, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).
"Laparoscopic tissue cutting device" was invented by Roy J. Pilletere (Middletown, Conn.), Jacob C. Baril (Norwalk, Conn.), Matthew A. Dinino (Newington, Conn.), Justin J. Thomas (New Haven, Conn.), Garrett P. Ebersole (Hamden, Conn.), Saumya Banerjee (Collinsville, Conn.) and Nicolette L. Roy (Windsor Locks, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tissue cutting device has a blade that pivots to pierce through tissue and translates to cut tissue, thereby providing a clean and smooth cut through tissue. The blade is coupled to an axial rod. Axial displacement of t...