US Patent Issued to Covidien on July 7 for "System and method for compensation for an off-axis push-pull drive rod in a robotically assisted surgical instrument" (Colorado Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,927, issued on July 7, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"System and method for compensation for an off-axis push-pull drive rod in a robotically assisted surgical instrument" was invented by Brock Kopp (Colorado Springs, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical robotic system includes a surgeon console configured to receive user input and a robotic arm configured to hold an instrument drive unit and an instrument coupled to the instrument drive unit. The instrument is controllable in response to the user input and includes an elongate shaft and an end effector coupled to the elongate shaft at a joint. The end eff...