US Patent Issued to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS on July 1 for "Surgical platform supported and controlled by multiple arms" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,104, issued on July 1, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Surgical platform supported and controlled by multiple arms" was invented by David J. Rosa (San Jose, Calif.), Gary S. Guthart (Los Altos, Calif.) and Simon P. Dimaio (San Carlos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical module is supported by manipulators that are removably attached to the surgical module. The surgical module may enable operation of surgical tools by providing an integration between actuating mechanisms of the manipulators and actuating mechanisms of the surgical tools. Alternatively or additionally, the surgical m...