ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,010, issued on March 25, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).
"Surgical robotic systems" was invented by Jaimeen Kapadia (Cambridge, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical robotic system includes a ceiling mount assembly including a bracket configured to be fixed to a ceiling, and an elongate body extending horizontally from the bracket and defining a longitudinally-extending track. The surgical robotic system further includes a plurality of robotic arms coupled to a ceiling of an operating room via the ceiling mount assembly, wherein the plurality of robotic arms is configured to move along a horizontal axis def...