US Patent Issued to Auris Health on Oct. 21 for "Multiple-pull-wire robotic instrument articulation" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,308, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Auris Health Inc. (Redwood City, Calif.).

"Multiple-pull-wire robotic instrument articulation" was invented by Enrique Romo (Dublin, Calif.) and Leo Centeno (East Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An instrument includes an elongate shaft, a set of pull wire lumens disposed within the elongate shaft, the set of pull wire lumens comprising first, second, third, and fourth pull wire lumens, and a set of pull wire segments comprising first, second, third, and fourth pull wire segments disposed within the first, second, third, and fourth pull wire lumens, respectively, each of the set...