ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,106, issued on July 1, was assigned to PROCEPT BioRobotics Corp. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Surgical drape with canopy" was invented by Nikolai Aljuri (Hillsborough, Calif.), Surag Mantri (East Palo Alto, Calif.), Matt Sprinkel (Redwood City, Calif.), James Badia (Redwood City, Calif.), Nishey Wanchoo (San Mateo, Calif.), Mark Baerenrodt (Millbrae, Calif.) and Kevin Staid (Lowell, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical drape is configured for covering a patient and an ultrasonography probe during surgical treatment of the patient. The surgical drape may comprise a first portion that comprises a canopy portion. The canopy portion ca...