US Patent Issued to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS on April 15 for "Surgical system sterile drape" (California, Nevada Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,523, issued on April 15, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Surgical system sterile drape" was invented by Anthony K. McGrogan (San Jose, Calif.), Jeffrey D. Brown (Palo Alto, Calif.), Thomas G. Cooper (Menlo Park, Calif.), Eugene F. Duval (Menlo Park, Calif.), Daniel H. Gomez (Los Gatos, Calif.), Robert E. Holop (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Craig R. Ramstad (Minden, Nev.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drape includes a first drape portion configured to receive a manipulator arm of a surgical system and a pocket coupled to a distal portion of the first drape portion. The pocket is configured to rece...