US Patent Issued to Distalmotion on June 17 for "Mechanical teleoperated device comprising an interchangeable distal instrument" (Swiss Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,481, issued on June 17, was assigned to Distalmotion SA (Epalinges, Switzerland).

"Mechanical teleoperated device comprising an interchangeable distal instrument" was invented by Ricardo Daniel Rita Beira (Lausanne, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are surgical teleoperated devices for performing a surgery on a patient. For example, the surgical teleoperated device may comprise an instrument including a shaft and an end effector. The instrument may be spaced apart from a handle configured to be operated by a user. The end effector may be configured to contact tissue of the patient during the surgery. The de...