US Patent Issued to Panda Surgical on Aug. 5 for "Handheld surgical systems with interchangeable dexterous end-effectors" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,930, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Panda Surgical Ltd. (London).

"Handheld surgical systems with interchangeable dexterous end-effectors" was invented by Emmanouil Dimitrakakis (London), Keshav Iyengar (London), George Dwyer (London) and Dimitrios Psychogyios (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Handheld surgical systems having an adjustable, ergonomic handheld controller and a series of interchangeable surgical instruments with dexterous, end-effectors for performing a surgical procedure, e.g., removing brain tumor tissue from confined spaces, and methods of use thereof are disclosed. The end-effector may be actuated in one or ...