ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,292, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL (Zug, Switzerland).
"Robotic surgical tool with drop in instrumentation core" was invented by Andrew T. Beckman (Cincinnati), Charles J. Scheib (Loveland, Ohio) and Neil Markwardt (Redwood City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical tool includes a stage portion that includes opposing first and second ends, a lead screw and at least one spline that extend between the first and second ends, and a first layer of a carriage movably mounted to the lead screw and the at least one spline. An instrument portion is releasably coupled to the stage portion and includes...