US Patent Issued on March 17 for "Medical training device and method to use it in teaching laparoscopic and robotic partial nephrectomy" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,579,907, issued on March 17.

"Medical training device and method to use it in teaching laparoscopic and robotic partial nephrectomy" was invented by Gonzalo Juan Vitagliano (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application discloses and claims a kidney phantom consisting of a silicone rubber model featuring the anatomical shape of a human kidney, the renal artery, the renal vein, and a total of 11 tumors and 2 cysts. Each tumor is represented by a solid mass, while cysts are empty three-dimensional shapes. In order to accommodate the needs of both novice and advanced surgeons, tumors were designed with increa...