US Patent Issued to MAKO Surgical on March 25 for "Sterile drape assembly for surgical robot" (Florida, California, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,018, issued on March 25, was assigned to MAKO Surgical Corp. (Weston, Fla.).

"Sterile drape assembly for surgical robot" was invented by Victor Soto (Coral Gables, Fla.), Oscar Williams (Foster City, Calif.), Donald W. Malackowski (Schoolcraft, Mich.) and Kathryn Aubrey (Parkland, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sterile drape assembly for a surgical robot including a robotic arm with a plurality of links and a plurality of joints. The sterile drape assembly includes a surgical drape adapted to be disposed over the robotic arm and a drape belt configured to be secured to the surgical drape. The drape belt has at least one optic...