US Patent Issued to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS on July 15 for "Surgical instruments, related systems, and related methods" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,370, issued on July 15, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Surgical instruments, related systems, and related methods" was invented by Lawrence Kerver (San Jose, Calif.), Harsukh Ratia (Foster City, Calif.) and Craig Gerbi (Half Moon Bay, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of assembling a surgical instrument comprising an end effector body and a retaining member includes inserting a distal end feature of a cable within a recess in the end effector body, the distal end feature extending radially outwardly from the cable. The method further includes positioning a retaining member over t...