ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,543, issued on July 22, was assigned to Auris Health Inc. (Redwood City, Calif.).
"Patient introducer alignment" was invented by Jeffrey William Draper (San Francisco), Sergio L. Martinez Jr. (Redwood City, Calif.), Ryan Jeffrey Connolly (San Carlos, Calif.), Allen Jiang (Fremont, Calif.), David Paul Noonan (San Francisco) and Douglas Bruce Dull (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient introducer for use with a surgical robotic system is disclosed. In one aspect, the patient introducer may include an introducer tube extending between (i) a distal end connectable to a port and (ii) a proximal end configured to receiv...