US Patent Issued to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS on Feb. 24 for "Instrument with a counter-pivoting mechanism" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,519, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Instrument with a counter-pivoting mechanism" was invented by Isabelle Heye (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An instrument includes an elongate shaft, a counter-pivoting mechanism, and control cables. A first joint of the counter-pivoting mechanism, having a first link, is coupled to the elongate shaft, and a second joint, having a second link, is disposed distally of the first joint. An elongate tube is disposed between the first joint and the second joint. Constraint cables extend linearly between the first and second joint...