ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,700, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).
"Robotic surgical assemblies" was invented by Brian Rockrohr (Guilford, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument for use with and for selective connection to an instrument drive unit includes an end effector, an instrument drive connector including a plurality of drive assemblies, and a plurality of drive members in mechanical cooperation with the instrument drive connector and the end effector. Each drive assembly of the plurality of drive assemblies includes a drive screw including an elongated threaded body and a drive nut threadedly engaged wi...