US Patent Issued to Covidien on Oct. 28 for "Apparatus and method for using a remote control system in surgical procedures" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,610, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Apparatus and method for using a remote control system in surgical procedures" was invented by James S. Cunningham (Boulder, Colo.) and Peter M. Mueller (Frederick, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for using a remote control to control an electrosurgical instrument, where the remote control includes at least one momentum sensor. As the surgeon rotates their hand mimicking movements of a handheld electrosurgical instrument, the movements are translated and sent to the remote controlled (RC) electrosurgical instrument. The surgeon uses an a...