US Patent Issued to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS on Jan. 20 for "Surgical drape and systems including surgical drape and attachment sensor" (California, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,639, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Surgical drape and systems including surgical drape and attachment sensor" was invented by Roman L. Devengenzo (San Jose, Calif.), Michael L. Hanuschik (Mountain View, Calif.), Gerard J. Labonville (San Jose, Calif.), Paul W. Mohr (Mountain View, Calif.), Tyler J. Morrissette (Niantic, Conn.) and Joseph P. Orban III (Norwalk, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient side cart can have a first sensor at an arm and a second sensor at a main column. A sterile barrier system can include a first drape to cover at least a portion of the a...