ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,969, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).
"Forceps with linear trigger mechanism" was invented by Jennifer L. Rich (Parker, Colo.), Craig V. Krastins (Arvada, Colo.), Kelley D. Goodman (Erie, Colo.), Daniel W. Mercier (Erie, Colo.) and Grant T. Sims (Boulder, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A forceps includes first and second shafts each having a jaw disposed at a distal end thereof configured to rotate about a pivot to move the jaws between open and closed positions, the shafts defining a longitudinal axis therebetween. A knife deployment mechanism including a rack and pinion mechanism or a series...