US Patent Issued to MAKO Surgical on Nov. 11 for "Techniques for securing together components of one or more surgical carts" (Florida, New Mexico Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,489, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to MAKO Surgical Corp. (Weston, Fla.).

"Techniques for securing together components of one or more surgical carts" was invented by Paul Shiels (Albuquerque, N.M.) and Mohammad Salaheldin Sallam (Jensen Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical cart includes a base and a plurality of wheels. The surgical cart also includes a first device coupled to the base and moveable relative to the base, and a first docking feature coupled to the base. The surgical cart further includes a second device coupled to the base and moveable relative to the base, and a second docking feature coupled to the...