US Patent Issued to CONAVI MEDICAL on Oct. 14 for "Systems and methods for unpowered release and retraction of robotic tools in a robotic surgical system" (British, American, South African Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,291, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to CONAVI MEDICAL INC. (North York, Canada).

"Systems and methods for unpowered release and retraction of robotic tools in a robotic surgical system" was invented by James Angus Boonzaier (Cape Town, South Africa), Hans Christian Pflaumer (Apex, N.C.), Austin Paul Davis (Wendell, N.C.), Matthew Michael Marinovich (London) and Jozsef Horvath (Wake Forest, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic surgical system is provided with a central drive unit movably coupled to a robotic arm. The central drive unit includes telescoping assemblies, each facilitating movement of an instrument drive unit al...