US Patent Issued to SMITH & NEPHEW, SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS, SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC on Oct. 7 for "Kinematic coupling" (Tennessee, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,697, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SMITH & NEPHEW INC. (Memphis, Tenn.), SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG (Zug, Switzerland) and SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC PTE. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Kinematic coupling" was invented by Sied W. Janna (Memphis, Tenn.), David Rudy (Pittsburgh), Eric Ashuckian (Pittsburgh), Brett J. Bell (Freedom, Pa.) and Jeremy Rosen (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Kinematic couplings for affixing an end effector to a robotic arm covered in a surgical drape are provided. A kinematic coupling can include one or more attachment mechanisms for affixing the kinematic coupling to the robotic arm with or without pi...