US Patent Issued to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center on June 3 for "Robotic anatomical manipulation systems and methods" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,117, issued on June 3, was assigned to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York).

"Robotic anatomical manipulation systems and methods" was invented by Richard Barakat (Muttontown, N.Y.), Paul Booth (New York), Charles Kim (Lewisburg, Pa.), Kelsey Ann Tacca (Munich), Jordan Anthony Rivera (Fairport, N.Y.) and Samuel Thomas Pratt (Hudson, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides, in various embodiments, systems and methods for robotic manipulation of a patient's anatomy, such as the uterus, during surgical procedures."

The patent was filed on April 3, 2020, under Application No. 17/601,322.

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