ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,253, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).
"Articulation mechanisms for robotic surgical tools" was invented by Andrew Beckman (Cincinnati) and Benjamin D. Dickerson (Cincinnati).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic surgical tool includes a drive housing having a first end, a second end, and one or more splines extending between the first and second ends, a carriage mounted to the one or more splines and movable between the first and second ends, and a cylindrical lead screw operatively coupled to the first end and extending toward the second end, the cylindrical lead screw including an in...