US Patent Issued to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS on Jan. 13 for "Surgical cannulas, and related systems and methods" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,193, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Surgical cannulas, and related systems and methods" was invented by Jason Hemphill (Los Gatos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method comprise positioning an electrode in conductive contact with an electrically conductive body; engaging an electrical connector operatively coupled to the electrode to an electrical connector interface of a surgical cannula; and changing a state of an electrical connector sensing device responsive to the engaging of the electrical connector and the electrical connector interface of the surgical cannu...