ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,196, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Mobius Imaging LLC (Shirley, Mass.).

"Robotic surgical system with a harness assembly movable between expanded and contracted states" was invented by Hisham Hafez (Salem, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic surgical system is provided. The robotic surgical system includes a navigation system and a robotic arm. The robotic arm includes a joint including a proximal joint subassembly supporting a distal joint subassembly for rotation about an axis. The joint also includes a distal joint module attached to the distal joint subassembly and including a distal interface. The robotic arm als...