US Patent Issued to Covidien on Nov. 25 for "Surgical instruments and manufacturing methods facilitating durable engagement between components of different materials" (Massachusetts, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,359, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Surgical instruments and manufacturing methods facilitating durable engagement between components of different materials" was invented by Andrew P. Bolognese (West Newton, Mass.), Ryan M. McEvoy (Billerica, Mass.) and Dale E. Whipple (Nashua, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly of a surgical instrument includes an outer component of a first material and having an interior surface, an inner component of a second, different material and having an exterior surface, and a bonding agent. The inner component is inserted at least partially into the outer co...