US Patent Issued to PROCEPT BioRobotics on June 17 for "Apparatus to detect tissue stretching during insertion of probes" (Nevada, California, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,582, issued on June 17, was assigned to PROCEPT BioRobotics Corp. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Apparatus to detect tissue stretching during insertion of probes" was invented by Surag Mantri (East Palo Alto, Calif.), Kevin Patrick Staid (Lowell, Mass.) and Peter Bentley (Reno, Nev.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and apparatuses detect tissue strain associated with tissue resistance and shearing and provide feedback such as real time feedback during insertion of a probe, which can decrease potential tissue damage associated with insertion of a probe. In some embodiments, a method may include generating one or more digital ima...