ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,932, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"Sterile draping of robotic arms" was invented by Kevin Zhang (Medford, Mass.), Norbert Johnson (North Andover, Mass.), Mir Hussain (Downingtown, Pa.), James Cascarano (Cambridge, Mass.), Justin Larson (Reading, Mass.), James Yau (Methuen, Mass.), Robert LeBoeuf II (Salem, N.H.) and Michael Norcia (North Andover, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drape covers robotic equipment in a medical environment to maintain sterility. The robotic equipment has an arm with an end surface which attaches to a tool, such as an active end effector. The drape has an extend...