US Patent Issued to Distalmotion on May 13 for "Translational instrument interface for surgical robot and surgical robot systems comprising the same" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,688, issued on May 13, was assigned to Distalmotion SA (Epalinges, Switzerland).

"Translational instrument interface for surgical robot and surgical robot systems comprising the same" was invented by Julien Chassot (Lechelles, Switzerland) and Michael Friedrich (Bern, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Surgical instruments for use in a surgical robot are provided herein. The instruments are preferably part of a translational instrument interface and are removably coupled to the surgical robot. In one aspect, the translational instrument interface has a slave hub mounted on a distal end of the slave unit, a sterile shield inse...