ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,624, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Neptune Medical Inc. (Burlingame, Calif.).
"Nested dynamically rigidizing robotic systems" was invented by Neal Tanner (Burlingame, Calif.), Mark C. Scheeff (Oakland, Calif.) and Francisco G. Lopez (San Mateo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Nested robotic systems including rigidizing members that are configured to aid in transporting a scope, e.g., endoscope, or other medical instrument through a body. These apparatuses may include a first rigidizing device coaxially located relative to a second rigidizing device, a user-activated control for steering, advancing and/or retracting the syste...