US Patent Issued to Covidien on Oct. 7 for "Inserts, splines, and methods for reducing and/or eliminating spline crash in surgical instruments" (Connecticut, District Of Columbia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,596, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Inserts, splines, and methods for reducing and/or eliminating spline crash in surgical instruments" was invented by Joseph M. Guerrera (Watertown, Conn.), Charles R. Kollar (Washington), Anthony Sgroi Jr. (Southbury, Conn.), Justin Williams (Southbury, Conn.), Steven H. Joyce (Durham, Conn.), Christopher P. Penna (Guilford, Conn.) and Joseph Eisinger (Northford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Inserts and features to reduce or prevent spline crash in surgical staplers and/or to minimize damage resulting from spline crash in surgical staplers. An insert for a ...