US Patent Issued to DePuy Synthes Products on Feb. 10 for "Surgical robotic systems including a sterile connector and related methods" (Massachusetts, Texas, Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,161, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to DePuy Synthes Products Inc. (Raynham, Mass.).

"Surgical robotic systems including a sterile connector and related methods" was invented by Robert Brik (Brookline, Mass.), William J. Frasier (New Bedford, Mass.), Tarik Yardibi (Wayland, Md.) and Brice Dudley Jr. (Round Rock, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Sterile connectors for robotic or robot-assisted surgery and related systems and methods can be used to establish a sterile barrier between a non-sterile robot arm and a surgical site. More particularly, a sterile connector can include a first component connector to couple to a distal end...