ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,323,289, issued on June 3, was assigned to Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Neb.).
"Robotic surgical devices, systems, and related methods" was invented by Shane Farritor (Lincoln, Neb.), Tyler Wortman (Grand Island, Neb.), Kyle Strabala (Pittsburgh), Ryan McCormick (Valencia, Calif.), Amy Lehman (York, Neb.), Dmitry Oleynikov (Omaha, Neb.) and Eric Markvicka (Lincoln, Neb.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various medical devices and related systems, including robotic and/or in vivo medical devices, and various robotic surgical devices for in vivo medical procedures. Included herein, for example, is a robotic surgica...