ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,998, issued on July 8, was assigned to Distalmotion SA (Epalinges, Switzerland).

"Surgical robotics systems and devices having a sterile restart, and methods thereof" was invented by Michael Friedrich (Bern, Switzerland), Romain Michel Miran Farkas (Lausanne, Switzerland), Philippe Allemann (Vevey, Switzerland), Didier Christian Geffrotin (Lausanne, Switzerland), Nicolas Paul Marcel Boch (Lausanne, Switzerland), Christopher Emmanuel Lieberherr (Morges, Switzerland), Laurent Renaud Uldry (Prilly, Switzerland) and Werner Pirkl (Penthereaz, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to surgical robotic syst...