US Patent Issued to Globus Medical on May 13 for "End-effectors for surgical robotic systems having sealed optical components" (Massachusetts, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,677, issued on May 13, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"End-effectors for surgical robotic systems having sealed optical components" was invented by James Cascarano (Cambridge, Mass.), Justin Larson (Reading, Mass.), Zachary Olenio (Derry, N.H.), Sritam Parashar Rout (Dracut, Mass.) and Norbert Johnson (North Andover, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An end-effector for a surgical robot system may include an end-effector body and an optical sub-assembly. The optical sub-assembly may include a housing coupled to the end-effector body, the housing including a threaded portion. The optical sub-assembly may furthe...