US Patent Issued to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS on Nov. 18 for "Mechanism for managing and retaining a surgical drape" (California, Nevada Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,026, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Mechanism for managing and retaining a surgical drape" was invented by Craig R. Ramstad (Minden, Nev.), Jeffrey R. Roeder (Mountain View, Calif.), Jeffrey D. Brown (Palo Alto, Calif.), Robert E. Holop (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Anthony K. McGrogan (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cinch assembly affixed to a surgical drape may include at least two pairs of links connected by a hinge joint, with each link foldable relative to one another about the hinge joint between an unfolded configuration and a folded configuration. A p...