ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,705, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).
"Articulation assembly for robotic device" was invented by Dylan R. Kingsley (Broomfield, Colo.), Christopher T. Tschudy (Arvada, Colo.), Jason G. Weihe (Longmont, Colo.), Zachary S. Heiliger (Nederland, Colo.), William R. Whitney (Boulder, Colo.), Curtis M. Siebenaller (Frederick, Colo.), Haralambos P. Apostolopoulos (Westminster, Colo.) and Russell W. Holbrook (Naples, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An articulating electrosurgical instrument includes a housing having an elongated shaft extending therefrom and a wrist assembly operably supported to a dist...