US Patent Issued to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS on June 3 for "Sheathes for surgical instruments, and related devices and methods" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,165, issued on June 3, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Sheathes for surgical instruments, and related devices and methods" was invented by Jeffrey R. Roeder (Mountain View, Calif.) and William J. Park (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheath for a surgical instrument may include a sleeve having a distal end and proximal end, and a retention mechanism at a proximal end portion of the sleeve. The retention mechanism may comprise a sleeve attachment portion configured to be attached to the sleeve at the proximal end portion, and a locking collar extending from the sleeve attachmen...