US Patent Issued to Canon U.S.A. on July 14 for "Medical robot having multiple manipulation means and methods of use thereof" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,248, issued on July 14, was assigned to Canon U.S.A. Inc. (Melville, N.Y.).

"Medical robot having multiple manipulation means and methods of use thereof" was invented by Charles George Hwang (Wellesley, Mass.), Takahisa Kato (Brookline, Mass.), Brian Ninni (Woburn, Mass.) and Zachary Hamilton Haubert (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An articulated medical device having a hollow core, capable of large degrees of maneuverability through small cavities to reach a target with minimal invasiveness, wherein the medical device is capable of manual and robotic manipulation."

The patent was filed on Oct. 28, 2022, under Application No....