ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,142, issued on April 7, was assigned to ECENTIAL ROBOTICS (Gieres, France).
"Guiding system for a surgical robotic system" was invented by David Armand (Saint Egreve, France), Francois Girault (Grenoble, France) and Marc Bereau (Revel, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a guiding system for a surgical robotic system, comprising a tool guide (11), a tool (30), an intermediate part (60) mounted on the tool (30), and first and second coupling links (21, 22), and presenting: -a first guiding configuration in which the first coupling link (21, 22) couples the intermediate part (60) and the tool guide (11) so th...