US Patent Issued to CMR Surgical on July 14 for "Drape interface structure" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,253, issued on July 14, was assigned to CMR Surgical Ltd. (Cambridge, Great Britain).

"Drape interface structure" was invented by Laura Saranne Kimpton (Baldock, Great Britain) and Thomas Edward Parker (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drape interface structure including a frame defining an opening, a membrane spanning the opening of the frame, and a drive transfer element attached to the membrane and adapted to convey motion through the membrane. The membrane is of a material that can deform to form a plastically deformed region in the membrane in response to an initial movement of the drive transfer element relative to the f...