ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,153, issued on June 3, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).
"Surgical robot platform" was invented by Neil R. Crawford (Chandler, Ariz.), Nicholas Theodore (Paradise Valley, Ariz.) and Mitchell A. Foster (Scottsdale, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical robot system, including a robot coupled to an effectuator element with the robot configured for controlled movement and positioning. The system may include a transmitter configured to emit one or more signals, and the transmitter is coupled to an instrument coupled to the effectuator element. The system may further include a motor assembly coupled to the robot ...