US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed, WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE on Sept. 8 for "Attachment mechanism for using an endoscope with a surgical robot" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,742, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.) and WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE (Worcrester, Mass.).

"Attachment mechanism for using an endoscope with a surgical robot" was invented by Zhanyue Zhao (Shrewsbury, Mass.), Anne Gu (Brighton, Mass.), Christopher J. Nycz (Holden, Mass.), Farid Tavakkolmoghaddam (Worcester, Mass.) and Paris Marks Saint-Preux (Lowell, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An attachment mechanism for using an endoscope with a surgical robot may include a fixture configured to receive a handle of the endoscope such that a longitudinal axis of the handle is oriented...