ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,887, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Applied Medical Resources Corp. (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.).
"Surgical robotic access system for irregularly shaped robotic actuators and associated robotic surgical instruments" was invented by Matthew Becerra (Lake Forest, Calif.), Jeremy Albrecht (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Timothy Hopkins (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Brian Pugh (Lake Forest, Calif.), Brian Hong (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Bruno Vu (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The surgical robotic access system provides access for robotic instruments and/or actuators including the introduction, ope...