ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,843, issued on April 22, was assigned to Verb Surgical Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Surgical robotic system" was invented by Pablo E. Garcia Kilroy (Santa Clara, Calif.), Karen S. Koenig (Santa Clara, Calif.), Andrea Bajo (Santa Clara, Calif.), Robert T. Wiggers (Santa Clara, Calif.), Joan Savall (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Eric M. Johnson (Santa Clara, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical robotic system is disclosed to include an operating table, a plurality of robotic arms and surgical instruments, a user console, and a control tower. The plurality of robotic arms are mounted on the operating table and can be stowed folded...