ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,990, issued on July 8, was assigned to CMR SURGICAL Ltd. (Cambridge, Great Britain).
"Robotic surgical instrument chassis" was invented by Kenneth Focht (Needham, Mass.) and Joseph Gordon (Mansfield, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic surgical instrument comprising: a shaft; driving elements running through the shaft; an articulation at a distal end of the shaft for articulating an end effector, the articulation driveable by the driving elements; and an instrument interface at a proximal end of the shaft for driving the driving elements, the instrument interface comprising: a monocoque chassis; and a routing pulley compone...