US Patent Issued to Revolve Surgical on Sept. 9 for "Tip for a surgical instrument and related methods" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,937, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Revolve Surgical Inc. (Toronto).

"Tip for a surgical instrument and related methods" was invented by Peter Francis (London, Canada) and Peter Alexander Gordon (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tip for a surgical instrument comprising a cradle that is moveably mounted to a distal end of an elongate shaft. The cradle is rotatable relative to the elongate shaft about a pitch axis. A member is pivotally coupled to the cradle to move with and relative to the cradle about a grip axis that is substantially orthogonal to the pitch axis. The member is movable relative to the cradle about a yaw ...