ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,522, issued on April 15, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).
"Direct drive robot for vitreoretinal surgery" was invented by Steven T. Charles (Memphis, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to high dexterity robotic manipulation systems for ophthalmic microsurgical procedures. In certain embodiments, a robotic surgical system includes a master apparatus controllably coupled to a slave apparatus. The slave apparatus mounts to a patient's head and includes a dual tripod structure having two pluralities of linear actuator links pivotally supporting a surgical tool. The motions of the actuator...