ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,440, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to iSYS Medizintechnik GmbH (Kitzbuhel, Austria).
"Medical robot" was invented by Michael Vogele (Schwabmunchen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compact medical robot provides guidance and actuation of a medical instrument with five or more degrees of freedom. The robot has a lower actuator arm movable within a lower plane. A lower gimbal mount is attached to the lower actuator arm. An upper actuator arm is movable within an upper plane and an upper gimbal mount is attached to the upper actuator arm. A guide tube is attached to the lower gimbal mount and to the upper gimbal mount. A linea...