US Patent Issued to Distalmotion on Aug. 11 for "Systems, devices, and methods for sealing and venting a surgical instrument of a surgical robotic system" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,508, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Distalmotion SA (Epalinges, Switzerland).

"Systems, devices, and methods for sealing and venting a surgical instrument of a surgical robotic system" was invented by James Crozier (Cully, Switzerland) and Benoit Della Rosa (Epalinges, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, and methods herein relate to surgical robotic systems, for example, a surgical instrument removably coupled to a robotic arm. Devices may include a shaft including a proximal end and a distal end. The shaft may define a lumen extending between the proximal end and the distal end. An end effector may be di...