US Patent Issued to Covidien on Aug. 5 for "Surgical robotic arm storage assemblies and methods of replacing surgical robotic arms using the storage assemblies" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,934, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Surgical robotic arm storage assemblies and methods of replacing surgical robotic arms using the storage assemblies" was invented by Ulrich Hagn (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A storage assembly for a surgical robotic arm includes a stand, legs configured to be coupled to a bottom end portion of the stand, and a handle slidably coupled to the stand. The stand is configured to receive and support a surgical robotic arm therein when in vertical and horizontal positions."

The patent was filed on May 19, 2020, under Application No. 17/609,152.

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