US Patent Issued to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS on Aug. 11 for "Guide apparatus for delivery of an elongate device and methods of use" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,795, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Guide apparatus for delivery of an elongate device and methods of use" was invented by Matthew D. Inouye (Foster City, Calif.), David W. Bailey (Portola Valley, Calif.), Stephen J. Blumenkranz (Los Altos, Calif.) and Matthew D. Rohr Daniel (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for guiding an elongated flexible instrument comprises a variable-length support assembly. The variable-length support assembly includes a first end, a second end, a plurality of support member pairs, and a plurality of eyelets configured to rec...