US Patent Issued to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS on Dec. 30 for "Surgical training device for use with thoracic tissue model and associated methods" (North Carolina, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,018, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Surgical training device for use with thoracic tissue model and associated methods" was invented by Richard H. Feins (Chapel Hill, N.C.), John C. Alexander Jr. (Pinehurst, N.C.), Jay Rohde (Chapel Hill, N.C.) and Daniel S. Oh (Yorba Linda, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical training device for use with a thoracic tissue model includes a base having a thoracic tissue model receiving area. A first rib mounting member is slidably coupled to the base adjacent a first side of the thoracic tissue model receiving area and a second ...