US Patent Issued to Globus Medical on July 22 for "Robot arm and methods of use" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,562, issued on July 22, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"Robot arm and methods of use" was invented by Norbert Johnson (North Andover, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robot arm and method for using the robot arm. Embodiments may be directed to an apparatus comprising: a robot arm; an end effector coupled at a distal end of the robot arm and configured to hold a surgical tool; a plurality of motors operable to move the robot arm; and an activation assembly operable to send a move signal allowing an operator to move the robot arm."

The patent was filed on June 13, 2023, under Application No. 18/333,631.

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