US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed, WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE on May 26 for "Attachment mechanism for using an endoscope with a surgical robot" (American, Ukrainian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,861, issued on May 26, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.) and WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE (Worcester, Mass.).

"Attachment mechanism for using an endoscope with a surgical robot" was invented by Farid Tavakkolmoghaddam (Worcester, Mass.), Zhanyue Zhao (Shrewsbury, Mass.), Anne Gu (Brighton, Ukraine), Avnish Sachar (Cambridge, Mass.), Christopher J. Nycz (Holden, Mass.), Bryan Allen Clark (Forest Lake, Minn.) and Paris Marks Saint-Preux (Lowell, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical system for use with a surgical robot may include an endoscope including a handle and an elongate shaft extendi...