US Patent Issued to EndoQuest Robotics on Oct. 7 for "Barrier drape adapters for robotic surgical systems" (South Korean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,708, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to EndoQuest Robotics Inc. (Houston).

"Barrier drape adapters for robotic surgical systems" was invented by Jaesun Lee (Seongnam, South Korea), Jeihan Lee (Houston) and Dongsuk Shin (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A controller adapter system for a robotic surgical instrument controller assembly can include an instrument controller having a housing and one or more controller actuators. The housing can be configured to receive a drape opening structure on the housing. The system can include an inner drape adapter configured to mount to the instrument controller and extend distally from the ins...