US Patent Issued to CMR SURGICAL on March 24 for "Mounting an endoscope to a surgical robot" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,489, issued on March 24, was assigned to CMR SURGICAL Ltd. (Cambridge, Great Britain).

"Mounting an endoscope to a surgical robot" was invented by Luke David Ronald Hares (Cambridge, Great Britain) and James Oliver Grant (Cambridge, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical endoscope for manipulation by a surgical robot arm. The surgical endoscope comprises a shaft having a distal end for insertion into a patient and a proximal end. An endoscope interface is attached to the proximal end of the shaft. The endoscope interface is configured to engage a robot arm interface of the surgical robot arm. The endoscope interface...