ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,691, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to MARINER ENDOSURGERY (Dundas, Canada).
"Minimally invasive surgical apparatus, system, and related methods" was invented by Michael Daniels (Dundas, Canada), Donald Alan Sawula (Dundas, Canada) and Tian Zhang (Dundas, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Minimally invasive surgical systems and corresponding methods that can be quickly and accurately calibrated and/or provided in a pre-calibrated manner are disclosed. The systems and method receive an indication designating at least one portion of the surgical site as a safe or a danger zone and display the designated zone(s) on a livestream of th...