US Patent Issued to Auris Health on Sept. 30 for "Articulating introducer cannula for surgical scope in robotic system" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,772, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Auris Health Inc. (Redwood City, Calif.).

"Articulating introducer cannula for surgical scope in robotic system" was invented by Charles J. Scheib (Loveland, Ohio), Clinton Denlinger (Cincinnati) and Jeffrey S. Swayze (West Chester, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a proximal structure configured to be positioned extracorporeally relative to a patient, and a distal structure extending distally from the proximal structure and configured to be passed through a body wall and into a body cavity of the patient. The distal structure cooperates with the primary structure to ...