US Patent Issued to Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska on Jan. 20 for "Local control robotic surgical devices and related methods" (Colorado, Minnesota, Nebraska, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,636, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Neb.).

"Local control robotic surgical devices and related methods" was invented by Eric Markvicka (Brush, Colo.), Tom Frederick (Lincoln, Neb.), Jack Mondry (Edina, Minn.), Joe Bartels (Pittsburgh) and Shane Farritor (Lincoln, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The various robotic medical devices include robotic devices that are disposed within a body cavity and positioned using a support component disposed through an orifice or opening in the body cavity. Additional embodiments relate to devices having arms coupled to a device body whe...