US Patent Issued to Globus Medical on Nov. 4 for "Gravity compensation of end effector arm for robotic surgical system" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,454, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"Gravity compensation of end effector arm for robotic surgical system" was invented by Olivier Chappuis (Lutry, Switzerland) and Szymon Kostrzewski (Lausanne, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An end effector arm for use with a surgical navigation system includes a base configured to attach to an end effector coupler of a surgical robot arm and a mechanical linkage. The mechanical linkage includes a first end rotatably coupled to the base and a second end opposite the first end, the second end configured to be removably coupled to a handheld surgical t...