ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,301, issued on April 29, was assigned to Intuitive Surgical Operations Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
"Modular clamps for mounting surgical manipulators" was invented by Ryan C. Abbott (San Jose, Calif.), Daniel H. Gomez (Los Gatos, Calif.) and John Ryan Steger (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system generally includes a surgical manipulator configured to control motion of a surgical tool, and a clamping apparatus having a mounting location configured to support the surgical manipulator and couple to a mounting structure. The clamping apparatus may include a body, a first jaw coupled to the body and configured to engage ...