US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on July 22 for "Rapid and precise tool exchange mechanism for intraocular robotic surgical systems" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,560, issued on July 22, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Rapid and precise tool exchange mechanism for intraocular robotic surgical systems" was invented by Tsu-Chin Tsao (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) and Matthew Gerber (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for intraocular robotic surgery includes: (1) a set of mounts to receive a tool collar to which a surgical tool is secured; (2) a rotational actuator connected to the set of mounts to drive rotation of the set of mounts; and (3) a translational actuator connected to the set of mounts to drive linear translation of the set o...