US Patent Issued to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS on Jan. 27 for "Entry guide for multiple instruments in a single port surgical system" (American, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,158, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Entry guide for multiple instruments in a single port surgical system" was invented by Thomas G. Cooper (Menlo Park, Calif.), Daniel H. Gomez (Los Gatos, Calif.), Paul E. Lilagan (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Anthony K. McGrogan (San Jose, Calif.) and Giuseppe Maria Prisco (Calci Pisa, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical access port comprises a cannula comprising a proximal portion and a distal portion comprising a flexible section. The access port further comprises an instrument guide configured to be positioned within the cannula. Th...