ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,421, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to CMR SURGICAL Ltd. (Cambridge, Great Britain).
"Powering an 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 an electrocautery element, and an articulation connecting the electrocautery end effector to the shaft. The articulation comprises: a first joint driveable by a first pair of driving elements which permits the electrocautery end effector to rotate about a first axis transverse to a longitudinal axis of the shaft; and ...