US Patent Issued to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS on July 29 for "Mechanical wrist joints with enhanced range of motion, and related devices and methods" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,700, issued on July 29, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Mechanical wrist joints with enhanced range of motion, and related devices and methods" was invented by Daniel P. Saraliev (Soquel, Calif.), Gabriel F. Brisson (Albany, Calif.) and Matthew R. Williams (Walnut Creek, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wrist joint comprises first and second joint features, the first joint feature having a first end surface profile defining a central protrusion, a first outer protrusion, a second outer protrusion, a first recess, and a second recess, wherein the first recess and the second recess are on...