US Patent Issued to Covidien on Oct. 21 for "Articulation mechanisms for surgical instruments such as for use in robotic surgical systems" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,983, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Articulation mechanisms for surgical instruments such as for use in robotic surgical systems" was invented by Zachary S. Heiliger (Nederland, Colo.), Russell W. Holbrook (Longmont, Colo.), William Whitney (Boulder, Colo.), Jason G. Weihe (Longmont, Colo.), Dylan R. Kingsley (Broomfield, Colo.), Crystal A. Adams (Westminster, Colo.) and Curtis M. Siebenaller (Frederick, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument includes a housing, an articulating shaft, and an end effector assembly extending from the articulating shaft. Tensioning a first articul...