ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,920, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to MAKO Surgical Corp. (Weston, Fla.).
"Steering assembly for surgical robot" was invented by Alan Ross (Albuquerque, N.M.) and Paul Shiels (Albuquerque, N.M.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical robot a robotic device and a cart. The cart is coupled to the robotic device and includes a steering assembly. The steering assembly includes wheels and is configured such that the wheels allow the cart to roll in a linear direction when a first mode is selected and the wheels allow the cart to roll in a rotational direction when a second mode is selected."
The patent was filed on March 21, 2023, unde...