US Patent Issued to Covidien on Oct. 27 for "Articulated tool positioner for robotic surgery system" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,289, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Articulated tool positioner for robotic surgery system" was invented by Timothy Brandon Hunt (Hollywood, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, an insertion device for a robotic surgery apparatus can include one or more guides configured to receive and/or engage a plurality of control links. The one or more guides can each include a plurality of channels. The insertion device can include a tool interface configured to engage one or more surgical tools for performing a surgical procedure. At least one control link of the first, second, or third ...