ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,292, issued on June 17, was assigned to Neptune Medical Inc. (Burlingame, Calif.).
"Telescoping robot" was invented by Roman Devengenzo (San Jose, Calif.), Spencer J. Witte (San Francisco), Neal Tanner (Austin, Texas) and Aren Hill (Mountain View, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses and methods for deploying and/or controlling movement of flexible tubular members such as endoscopes, using a sliding link assembly to support the flexible tubular member. For example, these apparatuses may include a base, a link assembly connected to the base and comprising: a plurality of links that are vertically adjacent to each other, i...