US Patent Issued to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS on Jan. 20 for "Systems for retracting and adjusting elongate flexible devices and associated methods" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,637, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Systems for retracting and adjusting elongate flexible devices and associated methods" was invented by Giada Gerboni (San Francisco), Sang Gyum Kim (San Jose, Calif.) and Benjamin G. Cohn (Oakhurst, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems for performing a medical procedure and associated methods and devices are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a system for performing a medical procedure includes an elongate flexible device including a proximal portion, a distal portion, and a lumen extending therebetween. The lumen is configur...