US Patent Issued to Asensus Surgical US on Oct. 7 for "Input handles for a surgeon console of a robotic surgical system" (Pennsylvania, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,698, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Asensus Surgical US Inc. (Durham, N.C.).

"Input handles for a surgeon console of a robotic surgical system" was invented by Paul Wilhelm Schnur (Pipersville, Pa.), Zachary S. Leonard (Raleigh, N.C.) and Nicholas J. Jardine (Holly Springs, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A user interface for a surgical robotic system includes a plurality of handles, each removably attachable to a user interface assembly by a quick release connector. The selection of handles can include handles of varying size, degree of complexity, handles adapted for laparoscopic motion, handles adapted for true cartesian mot...