US Patent Issued to TransMed7 on Nov. 4 for "Advanced minimally invasive multi-functional robotic surgical devices and methods" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,383, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to TransMed7 LLC (Portola Valley, Calif.).

"Advanced minimally invasive multi-functional robotic surgical devices and methods" was invented by Eugene H Vetter (Portola Valley, Calif.) and James W Vetter (Portola Valley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Minimally invasive, multi-functional robotic surgical tool devices for use as lavaging, material aspiration or delivery surgical forceps, scissors or clamp or other device, consisting of a monolithic work element and open central lumen with various functional tips. Such devices may in use follow a central lumen of another device or over a wire in...