US Patent Issued to Covidien on Oct. 7 for "Motor position control and methods for robotic assisted sealing instrument" (Colorado, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,664, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Motor position control and methods for robotic assisted sealing instrument" was invented by Christopher T. Tschudy (Arvada, Colo.), Dylan R. Kingsley (Broomfield, Colo.), Brian Lillis (Boulder, Colo.) and Max L Balter (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic surgical instrument includes a housing having a shaft extending therefrom configured to receive a first end effector including jaw members moveable between a fully open position wherein the jaw members are spaced a maximum distance relative to one another and a closed position wherein a closure pressur...