US Patent Issued to CMR SURGICAL on Nov. 18 for "Powering a bipolar electrocautery surgical instrument" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,981, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to CMR SURGICAL Ltd. (Cambridge, Great Britain).

"Powering a bipolar electrocautery surgical instrument" was invented by Simon Roderick Grover (Cambridge, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic surgical instrument comprising a shaft, an electrocautery end effector powered by a first electrocautery element and a second electrocautery element, and an articulation. The articulation connects the electrocautery end effector to the shaft, and comprises a first joint driveable by a first pair of driving elements, the first joint permitting the electrocautery end effector to rotate about a...