ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,552, issued on May 27, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
"Minimally invasive surgical system" was invented by David Q. Larkin (Menlo Park, Calif.), Thomas G. Cooper (Menlo Park, Calif.), Catherine J. Mohr (Mountain View, Calif.) and David J. Rosa (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical system comprises a manipulator arm and a surgical instrument. The surgical instrument includes: a transmission mechanism including a plurality of interface members; and an elongate body extending from the transmission mechanism. The surgical system further includes an instrument mounting structu...