ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,178, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Symphera GmbH (Munich).
"Surgical system having interchangeable tool tips and methods of use thereof" was invented by Philipp Preissler (Munich) and Thomas Wegele (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for performing surgery are provided, which permit multiple tool tips to be interchanged within an instrument shaft during a minimally invasive procedure. The surgical device holds a plurality of interchangeable tool tips such that a selected tool tip from a chamber of a magazine can be mounted at the distal end of an elongated shaft for a laparoscopic surgery. In this manner, ...